10-letter words containing t, o, l, c, h
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- 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.
- histologic — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hold court — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- holotropic — Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
- 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).
- hydrolytic — producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hypocotyls — Plural form of hypocotyl.
- hypolithic — growing beneath rocks.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- 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.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.