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10-letter words containing r, h

  • cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
  • cat-harpin — any of a number of short ropes or rods for gathering in shrouds near their tops.
  • cataphoric — the use of a word or phrase to refer to a following word or group of words, as the use of the phrase as follows.
  • cataphract — a defensive armour, often made of link mail, used for the entire body
  • catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
  • catch crop — a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season
  • catch fire — to ignite
  • 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.
  • catchwater — a drain or ditch which catches water
  • catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
  • catechizer — One who catechizes.
  • cathartics — Plural form of cathartic.
  • cathedrals — Plural form of cathedral.
  • cathemeral — Relating to organisms that have sporadic and random intervals during the day or night in which food is acquired.
  • catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
  • censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
  • cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
  • cfortran.h — (library)   A transparent, machine independent interface between C and Fortran routines and global data, developed by Burkhard Burow at CERN. It provides macros which allow the C preprocessor to translate a simple description of a C (Fortran) routine or global data into a Fortran (C) interface. Version 2.6 runs on VAX/VMS/Ultrix, DECstation, Silicon Graphics, IBM RS/6000, Sun, Cray, Apollo, HP9000, LynxOS, f2c, NAG f90. cfortran.h was reviewed in RS/Magazine November 1992 and a user's experiences with cfortran.h are described in the Jan 93 issue of Computers in Physics.
  • chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
  • chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
  • chagrining — Present participle of chagrin.
  • chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
  • chain fern — any of several ferns of the genus Woodwardia, having a chainlike row of sori on either side of the midrib of each fertile leaflet.
  • chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
  • chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
  • chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
  • chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
  • chair lift — A chair lift is a line of chairs that hang from a moving cable and carry people up and down a mountain or ski slope.
  • chair rail — a molding on an interior wall for preventing the backs of chairs from rubbing against plaster.
  • chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
  • chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
  • chairlifts — Plural form of chairlift.
  • chairwoman — The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it.
  • chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
  • chalkboard — A chalkboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Chalkboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
  • challenger — A challenger is someone who competes with you for a position or title that you already have, for example being a sports champion or a political leader.
  • chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
  • chamberlin — ˈThomas Chrowder (ˈkraʊdər ) ; krouˈdər) 1843-1928; U.S. geologist
  • chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
  • chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
  • chambranle — the three-sided ornamental bordering found around doors, windows, and fireplaces
  • chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
  • chancellor — Chancellor is the title of the head of government in Germany and Austria.
  • chanceries — Plural form of chancery.
  • chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
  • chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
  • chandigarh — a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
  • chandlerly — like, or pertaining to, a chandler
  • changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
  • changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
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