10-letter words containing t, h, e, c, o, l
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- hematocele — hemorrhage into a cavity, as the cavity surrounding the testis.
- 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.
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- horsecloth — a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.
- 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.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- le duc tho — (Phan Dinh Khai) 1911–90, Vietnamese politician and statesman: declined 1973 Nobel Peace Prize.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- letchworth — a town in SE England, in N Hertfordshire: the first garden city in Great Britain (founded in 1903). Pop: 32 932 (2001)
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- 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.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
- methodical — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.
- monothecal — having a sole compartment or cell
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- net blotch — a disease of barley, characterized by a brown, netlike discoloration of the leaves, caused by fungi of the genus Helminthosporium.
- nonethical — not related to ethics
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- octahedral — having the form of an octahedron.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- school tie — old school tie.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schooltide — schooldays
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- slop chest — a supply of clothing, boots, tobacco, and other personal goods for sale to the crew of a ship during a voyage.
- tablecloth — a cloth for covering the top of a table, especially during a meal.
- technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- technopole — an area with high-tech industrial research and development facilities