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10-letter words containing y, h

  • chiliarchy — the position or office of a leader of a thousand soldiers
  • chillingly — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
  • chilly bin — a portable insulated container with provision for packing food and drink in ice
  • chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
  • china clay — kaolin.
  • chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
  • chirognomy — the study of the hand in order to discern a person's nature or future events
  • chiromancy — palmistry
  • chirurgery — surgery.
  • chlamydate — (of some molluscs) possessing a mantle
  • chlamydiae — the sexually transmitted diseases that are due to the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis
  • chlamydial — of or relating to infections caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
  • chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
  • chlorinity — the amount of chlorine present in water, esp sea-water
  • chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
  • chlorophyl — Alternative form of chlorophyll.
  • choanocyte — any of the flagellated cells in sponges that maintain a flow of water through the body. A collar of protoplasm surrounds the base of the flagellum
  • chocolatey — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
  • chokeberry — any of various North American rosaceous shrubs of the genus Aronia
  • cholecysts — Plural form of cholecyst.
  • chomophyte — any plant that grows on rocky ledges or in fissures and crevices
  • chordotomy — an operation to paralyse nerve tracts in the spinal chord in order to relieve pain associated with certain conditions
  • choreology — the method of writing down the signs and characters that indicate movements in dance
  • chorus boy — a male singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.
  • chroma key — an electronic special-effects system for combining a desired background with live foreground action.
  • chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
  • chronicity — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
  • chronology — The chronology of a series of past events is the times at which they happened in the order in which they happened.
  • chrysippus — 280–209? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
  • chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
  • chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
  • chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
  • 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
  • chuck away — If you chuck something away, you throw it away or waste it.
  • church key — a device with a triangular point at one end for making holes in the tops of cans
  • churchyard — A churchyard is an area of land around a church where dead people are buried.
  • churlishly — In a churlish manner.
  • chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
  • chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
  • cladophyll — a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf
  • clannishly — In a clannish manner.
  • clashingly — In a clashing manner.
  • cliquishly — In a cliquish manner.
  • cloth yard — a medieval unit of measure for cloth, fixed at 37 inches by Edward VI of England: also used as a length for longbow arrows
  • clownishly — In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
  • coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
  • cohesively — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
  • cohomology — the abstract study of algebraic topology
  • colocynths — Plural form of colocynth.
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