10-letter words containing r, h, o, d
- catch-cord — a cord or wire located near a selvage, used to form a loop or deflect the filling yarn not intended to be woven permanently in with the regular selvage.
- catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- chalkboard — A chalkboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Chalkboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
- chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chardonnay — a white grape originally grown in the Burgundy region of France, and now throughout the wine-producing world
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- chelmsford — a city in SE England, administrative centre of Essex: electronics, retail; university (1992). Pop: 99 962 (2001)
- chessboard — A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.
- childproof — Something that is childproof is designed in a way which ensures that children cannot harm it or be harmed by it.
- chironomid — a member of the Chironomidae, a family of nonbiting midges
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- chloridize — to change into a chloride
- chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondritic — (geology) Of or pertaining to a chondrite.
- chondritis — a swelling and tenderness of cartilage
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- chordotomy — an operation to paralyse nerve tracts in the spinal chord in order to relieve pain associated with certain conditions
- chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
- christhood — the state of being the Christ, the anointed one of God
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatoid — Resembling chromatin.
- chrome red — any red pigment used in paints, consisting of a mixture of lead chromate and lead oxide; basic lead chromate
- chromidium — a length or particle of chromatin in cell cytoplasm
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chunderous — nauseating
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
- cloth yard — a medieval unit of measure for cloth, fixed at 37 inches by Edward VI of England: also used as a length for longbow arrows
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- copyholder — one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof
- coryphodon — a primitive hoofed mammal of the extinct genus Coryphodon, of the early Eocene Epoch, having a long, thickset body, short legs, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- cotehardie — (in the Middle Ages) a close-fitting outer garment with long sleeves, hip-length for men and full-length for women, often laced or buttoned down the front or back.
- cough drop — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- crotcheted — short-tempered
- crotchwood — wood from a tree crotch, characterized by a swirling, irregular figure and used for furniture and veneers.
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle