10-letter words containing r, h, o, n, c
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromogens — Plural form of chromogen.
- chromonema — a coiled chromatin thread within a single chromosome
- chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
- chronicity — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chronicler — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chronicles — either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament
- chronogram — a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L, and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
- chronology — The chronology of a series of past events is the times at which they happened in the order in which they happened.
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chronopher — an instrument for transmitting time signals electronically.
- chronotron — a gadget that, by contrasting electrical pulsations, can calculate very short periods of time
- chronozone — (geology) A group of strata formed during the same chron of geologic time.
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- chunderous — nauseating
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- cochairman — a person who cochairs an organization
- coherences — Plural form of coherence.
- coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
- comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- conchiform — shaped like a shell
- 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.
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
- corn shock — a stack or bundle of bound or unbound corn piled upright for curing or drying
- corn shuck — the husk of an ear of maize
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- cornholing — to have anal intercourse with.
- cornhusker — a person or machine that strips cornhusks from ears of maize
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cornstarch — Cornstarch is the same as cornflour.
- 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.
- cosherings — (in Ireland) visits to tenants' houses by a chief and his followers, where they would expect to be fed and accommodated
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- ctenophore — any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
- decahedron — a solid figure having ten plane faces
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees