10-letter words containing r, o, s, h
- cockhorses — Plural form of cockhorse.
- coheirship — The state of being a coheir.
- coherences — Plural form of coherence.
- colchester — a town in E England, in NE Essex; university (1964). Pop: 104 390 (2001)
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- copyrights — Plural form of copyright.
- 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.
- 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.
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cosherings — (in Ireland) visits to tenants' houses by a chief and his followers, where they would expect to be fed and accommodated
- cost-share — to share the cost of: to cost-share a joint venture.
- couch-surf — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- court shoe — Court shoes are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather with no design.
- courthouse — A courthouse is a building in which a court of law meets.
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
- crash boat — a small, fast boat used in rescue operations, especially for airplane crashes.
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- cross hair — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crossbirth — any abnormal labour in which the child is positioned across the uterus
- crosscheck — to verify (a fact, report, etc) by considering conflicting opinions or consulting other sources
- crosshairs — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crosshatch — to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light
- crossmatch — (pathology) To test that the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- crotchless — (of a garment) having a hole cut so as to leave the genitals uncovered.
- 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.
- crushproof — unable to be crushed or creased
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cryosphere — All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
- cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
- dashboards — Plural form of dashboard.
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- dead horse — something that has ceased to be useful or relevant.
- deerhounds — Plural form of deerhound.
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- deschooler — an advocate of deschooling
- destroyeth — Archaic third-person singular form of destroy.
- devonshire — 8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)