10-Letter Words Matching ____H_C___

There are 12 10-letter words that match ____H_C___. 5 are common words, such as APOTHECARY and LYMPHOCYTE. A rarer one is PRECHECKED. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

apothecarylymphocytepropheciesramshackletoothachesapotheciumcolchicinetrichocystapothecialcolchicumsmorphactinprechecked

About this list

Words
12 (5 common words)
Common example
apothecary
Rare example
prechecked
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
O (10)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ____h_c___ are there?

12. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APOTHECARY is among the common words in this set.