10-letter words containing t, a, l, h, c
- hatchelled — Simple past tense and past participle of hatchel.
- hatchlings — Plural form of hatchling.
- healthcare — the field concerned with the maintenance or restoration of the health of the body or mind.
- hectically — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- hematocele — hemorrhage into a cavity, as the cavity surrounding the testis.
- hemiacetal — any of the class of organic chemical compounds having the general formula RCH(OH)OR, where R is an organic group.
- 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.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- hermetical — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitical — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- hexactinal — having six spicules
- hieratical — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hysterical — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- ichthammol — a viscous, reddish-brown to brownish-black substance, obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous shales, used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic, analgesic, and local stimulant in skin disorders.
- inch plant — any of several creeping or sprawling tropical American plants of the genus Callisia, having sometimes fragrant flowers in a variety of colors.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- laccoliths — Plural form of laccolith.
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- land yacht — a wind-driven vehicle with a mast and sails, having three wheels, a single seat, and a steering wheel, used especially on beaches and other sandy areas.
- larithmics — the study of quantitative relations in population aggregates.
- last-ditch — done finally in desperation to avoid defeat, failure, disaster, etc.: a last-ditch attempt to avert war.
- latch hook — a handheld tool similar to a latch needle, used for drawing loops of yarn through canvas or similar material to make rugs and the like.
- latch onto — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lathyritic — Of or pertaining to lathyrism.
- leechcraft — The art of healing.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- light face — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- lunch meat — Lunch meat is meat that you eat in a sandwich or salad, and that is usually cold and either sliced or formed into rolls.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- mast cloth — a partial lining sewed to the back of a square sail to prevent chafing from contact with the mast.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- megalithic — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.