10-letter words containing a, h, n
- comanchean — of or relating to the early part of the Cretaceous system and period
- comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- conchoidal — (of the fracture of minerals and rocks) having smooth shell-shaped convex and concave surfaces
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- containeth — Archaic third-person singular form of contain.
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
- corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cornstarch — Cornstarch is the same as cornflour.
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- crankshaft — A crankshaft is the main shaft of an internal combustion engine.
- crash-land — If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally.
- crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- cuban heel — a moderately high heel for a shoe or boot
- cuchulainn — a hero of Ulster and the subject of many legends.
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- cyanopathy — (medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cynghanedd — a complex system of rhyme and alliteration used in Welsh verse
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- dachshunds — Plural form of dachshund.
- dance hall — Dance halls were large rooms or buildings where people used to pay to go and dance, usually in the evening.
- dandyishly — in the manner of a dandy
- danish oil — a furniture oil, based on synthetic resins, that gives a soft luster.
- date-night — an evening social date on which a married or long-term couple go out together: I enjoy a once-a-week date night with my husband.
- dauphiness — dauphine.
- dauphinois — (of potatoes or other vegetables) sliced and cooked in milk, typically with a topping of cheese.
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- deaconhood — the position of a deacon
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- decahedron — a solid figure having ten plane faces
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- dehumanise — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- dehumanize — If you say that something dehumanizes people, you mean it takes away from them good human qualities such as kindness, generosity, and independence.
- den father — (in the Boy Scouts) a man who serves as an adult leader or supervisor of a cub scout den.
- detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- dianthuses — Plural form of dianthus.
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.