10-letter words containing t, h, e, c, a
- heat cramp — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- heath cock — the male of the black grouse.
- hebraistic — of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.
- hectically — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hematocele — hemorrhage into a cavity, as the cavity surrounding the testis.
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hematocyte — hemocyte.
- hemiacetal — any of the class of organic chemical compounds having the general formula RCH(OH)OR, where R is an organic group.
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- 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.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of seven lines or verses.
- heptateuch — the first seven books of the Old Testament.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- hereticate — to declare as heresy or as a heretic
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hermetical — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitical — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- heterarchy — (uncountable) The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.
- hexactinal — having six spicules
- hieratical — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- home match — a match played on a team's home ground
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- housecoats — Plural form of housecoat.
- hovercraft — ACV.
- hugh capet — Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- hycanthone — A particular schistosomicide, a metabolite of lucanthone.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- hypoactive — Less than normally active.
- 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.
- in the act — committing a crime
- in the can — a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal: a can of soup.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inchoative — inceptive.
- increaseth — Archaic third-person singular form of increase.
- interchain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- jack ketch — a public hangman.
- jacobethan — noting or pertaining to the architecture of England at the beginning of the 17th century.
- keep watch — observe, maintain a vigil
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.