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10-letter words containing r, h

  • apishamore — A saddle-blanket, a saddle blanket.
  • apitherapy — the medicinal use of honey or other bee products
  • apochromat — a lens, consisting of three or more elements of different types of glass, that is designed to bring light of three colours to the same focal point, thus reducing its chromatic aberration
  • apocryphal — An apocryphal story is one which is probably not true or did not happen, but which may give a true picture of someone or something.
  • apocryphon — something that is regarded as probably untrue
  • apostrophe — An apostrophe is the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
  • apostrophy — Alternative form of apostrophe.
  • apothecary — An apothecary was a person who prepared medicines for people.
  • apprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend.
  • approached — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
  • approacher — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
  • approaches — Plural form of approach.
  • arachnidan — (zoology) Any of the Arachnida.
  • arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
  • arch board — a distinctive area at the upper part of a stern, curving upward toward the center and giving the name and port of the vessel within a carved and painted frame; escutcheon.
  • arch brace — a curved brace, especially one of a pair used to give the effect of an arch in a roof frame.
  • archaicism — an archaism
  • archaistic — something archaic, as a word or expression.
  • archangels — Plural form of archangel.
  • archbishop — In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, an archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, who is in charge of all the bishops and priests in a particular country or region.
  • archdeacon — An archdeacon is a high-ranking clergyman who works as an assistant to a bishop, especially in the Anglican church.
  • archegonia — the female reproductive organ in ferns, mosses, etc.
  • archemorus — Opheltes.
  • archeocyte — (in sponges) a type of amoebocyte capable of developing into other types of cells, especially reproductive cells.
  • archeology — archaeology
  • archeozoic — early Precambrian; Archean
  • archerfish — any freshwater percoid fish of the family Toxotidae of S and SE Asia and Australia, esp Toxotes jaculatrix, that catch insects by spitting water at them
  • archespore — the cell or group of cells in a sporangium that gives rise to spores
  • archetypal — Someone or something that is archetypal has all the most important characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing and is a perfect example of it.
  • archetypes — the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
  • archetypic — Archetypical.
  • archfiends — Plural form of archfiend.
  • archiblast — egg protoplasm
  • archimedes — ?287–212 bc, Greek mathematician and physicist of Syracuse, noted for his work in geometry, hydrostatics, and mechanics
  • archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
  • archiplasm — archoplasm
  • architects — Plural form of architect.
  • architrave — the lowest part of an entablature that bears on the columns
  • archivists — Plural form of archivist.
  • archivolts — Plural form of archivolt.
  • archontate — an archon's period in office
  • archoplasm — the protoplasmic material surrounding the centrosome, formerly thought to be involved in the formation of the asters and spindle during mitosis
  • archosaurs — Plural form of archosaur.
  • archpriest — (formerly) a chief assistant to a bishop, performing many of his sacerdotal functions during his absence
  • archrivals — Plural form of archrival.
  • arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
  • arctophily — the practice of collecting teddy bears
  • areography — the description of the physical features, such as the surface, atmosphere, etc, of the planet Mars
  • arimathaea — a town in ancient Palestine. Matt. 27:57.
  • arithmancy — divination by the use of numbers, especially by the number of letters in names.
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