10-letter words containing s, h, o, r, t
- chesterton — G(ilbert) K(eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic
- choirstall — one of the benches for the choir of a church, cathedral, etc
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondritis — a swelling and tenderness of cartilage
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choristers — Plural form of chorister.
- christhood — the state of being the Christ, the anointed one of God
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chromatics — the science of colour
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromatism — chromatic aberration
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysostom — Saint John. ?345–407 ad, Greek patriarch; archbishop of Constantinople (398–404). Feast day: Sept 13 or Nov 13
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- cloth ears — a deaf person
- coatsworth — Elizabeth, 1893–1986, U.S. writer, especially of children's books.
- colchester — a town in E England, in NE Essex; university (1964). Pop: 104 390 (2001)
- copyrights — Plural form of copyright.
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- cornstarch — Cornstarch is the same as cornflour.
- cost-share — to share the cost of: to cost-share a joint venture.
- 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.
- crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
- crash boat — a small, fast boat used in rescue operations, especially for airplane crashes.
- crossbirth — any abnormal labour in which the child is positioned across the uterus
- 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.
- cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
- destroyeth — Archaic third-person singular form of destroy.
- diorthosis — the act or process of straightening something, esp a deformity in something
- disheritor — someone who disinherits
- doctorfish — a surgeonfish, especially Acanthurus chirurgus, of the West Indies, having a bluish body and black tail.
- doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dorchester — a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.
- downthrows — Plural form of downthrow.
- dropcloths — Plural form of dropcloth.
- dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- dystrophin — a protein, the absence of which is believed to cause muscular dystrophy
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.
- ectomorphs — Plural form of ectomorph.
- ectotherms — Plural form of ectotherm.