10-letter words containing a, c, h, e
- cash price — discount
- cash prize — a prize in a competition that takes the form of money
- cash terms — the terms of a business transaction that is conducted in ready money
- cash value — the nonforfeiture value of a life-insurance policy payable to the insured in cash upon its surrender.
- cashdrawer — a drawer, as in a cash register, that has separate compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.
- cashew nut — edible nut
- cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- catananche — any of the hardy perennial genus Catananche, from S Europe; some, esp C. caerulea, are grown for their blue-and-white flowers that can be dried as winter decoration: family Asteraceae
- catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
- catch fire — to ignite
- catch hell — to receive a severe scolding, punishment, etc.
- catchflies — Plural form of catchfly.
- catchiness — The state or quality of being catchy.
- catchments — Plural form of catchment.
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- catchwater — a drain or ditch which catches water
- catechesis — oral religious instruction which is given to catechumens
- catechetic — of or relating to catechesis.
- catechised — Simple past tense and past participle of catechise.
- catechisms — Plural form of catechism.
- catechists — Plural form of catechist.
- catechized — Simple past tense and past participle of catechize.
- catechizer — One who catechizes.
- catechizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catechize.
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
- cathecting — Present participle of cathect.
- cathedrals — Plural form of cathedral.
- cathemeral — Relating to organisms that have sporadic and random intervals during the day or night in which food is acquired.
- cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
- cattleship — a large vessel for the transportation of livestock.
- catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
- cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
- cephalalgy — Dated form of cephalalgia.
- cephalexin — a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
- cephalitis — encephalitis.
- cephalonia — a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles)
- cephalopod — any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, characterized by well-developed head and eyes and a ring of sucker-bearing tentacles. The group also includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus
- cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chaetotaxy — the arrangement of bristles on the exoskeleton of an insect.
- chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chain fern — any of several ferns of the genus Woodwardia, having a chainlike row of sori on either side of the midrib of each fertile leaflet.
- chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
- chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
- chainplate — a metal plate on the side of a vessel, to which the shrouds are attached
- chainwheel — a toothed wheel that meshes with a roller chain to transmit motion
- chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one