10-letter words containing s, c, h, o, l
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hollyhocks — Plural form of hollyhock.
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- holodiscus — a genus of flowering deciduous shrubs of the family Rosaceae
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- holy cross — Mount of the, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range: snow-filled, cross-shaped crevasses. 14,005 feet (4269 meters).
- homeschool — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- homunculus — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- 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.
- house call — a professional visit, as by a doctor or sales representative, to the home of a patient or customer.
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol
- hypocotyls — Plural form of hypocotyl.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- laccoliths — Plural form of laccolith.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- law school — university where law degrees are taught
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- lock horns — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- lockstitch — A stitch made by a sewing machine by firmly linking together two threads or stitches.
- loincloths — Plural form of loincloth.
- los mochis — a city in Sinaloa state, NW Mexico.
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- mast cloth — a partial lining sewed to the back of a square sail to prevent chafing from contact with the mast.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- microliths — Plural form of microlith.
- minischool — an alternative educational institution, usually offering specialized or individual instruction.
- mohs scale — a scale of hardness used in mineralogy. Its degrees, in increasing hardness, are: talc 1; gypsum 2; calcite 3; fluorite 4; apatite 5; feldspar 6; quartz 7; topaz 8; sapphire 9; diamond 10. Abbreviation: MSH.
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.