10-letter words containing r, o, l, c
- geolocator — A device that permits geolocation.
- girl scout — (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of an organization of girls (Girl Scouts) founded in the U.S. in 1912 by Juliette Low that seeks to develop certain skills, as well as health, citizenship, and character.
- gloucester — Duke of, Humphrey.
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
- glucosuria — glycosuria.
- glycosuria — excretion of glucose in the urine, as in diabetes.
- goalkicker — a person who makes a goal kick
- goalscorer — (football) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals.
- gold brick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- greencloth — the green covering of a billiard or gaming table
- gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- halocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing carbon, one or more halogens, and sometimes hydrogen.
- hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
- handscroll — A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.
- harmonical — Alternative form of harmonic.
- headcollar — A bitless headpiece for leading or tying up a horse.
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hold court — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- holotropic — Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
- holy cross — Mount of the, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range: snow-filled, cross-shaped crevasses. 14,005 feet (4269 meters).
- homocercal — having an equally divided tail, characteristic of adult modern bony fishes.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- hop clover — a trefoil, Trifolium campestre, having withered, yellow flowers that resemble the strobiles of a hop.
- horrifical — Of or pertaining to horror.
- horse clam — gaper.
- horsecloth — a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.
- horseleech — a large leech, as Haemopis marmoratis, that infests the mouth and nasal passages of horses.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydrocoral — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrolytic — producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.
- hydromulch — to spread mulch on (a field, garden, etc.) in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol
- hydroxylic — (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups.
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.