10-letter words containing a, c, n, t, h, e
- cheapernet — (networking) (Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable".
- cheltenham — a town in W England, in central Gloucestershire: famous for its schools, racecourse, and saline springs (discovered in 1716). Pop: 98 875 (2001)
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- chieftains — Plural form of chieftain.
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- 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
- chwang-tse — Chuang-tzu (def 1).
- clean-tech — using clean technology
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- coelacanth — a primitive marine bony fish of the genus Latimeria (subclass Crossopterygii), having fleshy limblike pectoral fins and occurring off the coast of E Africa: thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- containeth — Archaic third-person singular form of contain.
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- echinulate — (of a plant or animal) having a covering of prickles or small spines.
- encashment — (finance) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
- enchanters — Plural form of enchanter.
- enchanting — Delightfully charming or attractive.
- endothecia — Plural form of endothecium.
- enomotarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The commander of an enomoty.
- epicanthic — Denoting a fold of skin from the upper eyelid covering the inner angle of the eye, typical in many peoples of eastern Asia and found as a congenital abnormality elsewhere.
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- escheating — Present participle of escheat.
- ethnically — Of, pertaining to ethnicity or ethnics.
- ethnoscape — A transnational distribution of correlated people.
- eustachian — Alternative form of Eustachian.
- euthanasic — Of, or pertaining to euthanasia.
- fat chance — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- fianchetto — the development of a bishop, in an opening move, by advancing one or two pawns so as to permit movement along the bishop's diagonal.
- genethliac — of or relating to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.
- habitaunce — a place where a person or an animal lives or resides
- haematinic — Alternative form of hematinic.
- halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
- han cities — a group of three cities in E central China (Hanyang, Hankow, and Wuchang), in SE Hubei at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze Rivers; united in 1950 to form the conurbation of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province
- hatcheling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hatchetman — A professional killer or gunman.
- hatchetmen — Plural form of hatchetman (alternative spelling of hatchet men).
- hatchments — Plural form of hatchment.
- head count — an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- hexactinal — having six spicules