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10-letter words containing a, h, n

  • carthamine — a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower
  • carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
  • cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
  • caseharden — to form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
  • cash bonus — an extra amount of money given to someone for doing something good, over and above the amount that is normally paid for that achievement
  • cash in on — to get profit or profitable use from
  • cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
  • cashew nut — edible nut
  • cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
  • cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
  • casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
  • cat-harpin — any of a number of short ropes or rods for gathering in shrouds near their tops.
  • 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
  • cataphonic — catacoustic or of or relating to cataphonics
  • catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
  • catchbasin — Alternative form of catch-basin.
  • 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
  • catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
  • catfishing — Present participle of catfish.
  • cathecting — Present participle of cathect.
  • cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
  • catholicon — a remedy for all ills; panacea
  • cavaquinho — A small, four-stringed guitar resembling a ukulele, popular in Brazil and Portugal.
  • cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
  • cephalexin — a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
  • 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)
  • cfortran.h — (library)   A transparent, machine independent interface between C and Fortran routines and global data, developed by Burkhard Burow at CERN. It provides macros which allow the C preprocessor to translate a simple description of a C (Fortran) routine or global data into a Fortran (C) interface. Version 2.6 runs on VAX/VMS/Ultrix, DECstation, Silicon Graphics, IBM RS/6000, Sun, Cray, Apollo, HP9000, LynxOS, f2c, NAG f90. cfortran.h was reviewed in RS/Magazine November 1992 and a user's experiences with cfortran.h are described in the Jan 93 issue of Computers in Physics.
  • ch'ing hai — a lake in W central China, in NE Qinghai province. 2300 sq. mi. (5950 sq. km).
  • ch'ing-hai — Qing Hai.
  • chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
  • chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
  • chaffingly — in a rallying yet light-hearted manner
  • chagrining — Present participle of chagrin.
  • 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 gang — In the United States, a chain gang is a group of prisoners who are chained together to do work outside their prison. Chain gangs existed especially in former times.
  • chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
  • chain mail — Chain mail is a kind of armour made from small metal rings joined together so that they look like cloth.
  • chain pump — a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.
  • 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
  • chain shot — cannon shot comprising two balls or half balls joined by a chain, much used formerly, esp in naval warfare to destroy rigging
  • chain-link — designating a fence made of galvanized steel links that are continuously interwoven
  • chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
  • 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
  • chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
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