10-letter words containing a, n, i, g, h
- changeling — A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies.
- channeling — esp. in some New Age beliefs, the process by which a person becomes a conduit for a deceased person, as someone from an ancient culture, who imparts information about a previous life
- charmingly — In a charming manner.
- chartering — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- chastening — A chastening experience makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
- chastising — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chattering — rapid and continuous talk
- chavelling — Present participle of chavel.
- cheapening — Present participle of cheapen.
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- chenchiang — Zhenjiang
- chiang mai — city in NW Thailand, on a headstream of the Chao Phraya: pop. 162,000
- chiangling — a city in S Hubei province, in central China, on the Chang Jiang.
- chillaxing — Present participle of chillax.
- chilognath — any member of the diplopod subclass Chilognatha, including millipedes having exoskeletons heavily sclerotized with calcium carbonate.
- chinagraph — a coloured pencil used for writing on china, glass, etc
- chinandega — a city in W Nicaragua.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
- chittagong — a port in E Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal: industrial centre. Pop: 4 171 000 (2005 est)
- clashingly — In a clashing manner.
- cliff-hang — to wait eagerly for the outcome of a suspenseful situation or contest.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- cohabiting — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobating — Present participle of cohobate.
- crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- 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.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- disgarnish — to remove garnish or furnishings from
- drag chain — one of a number of chains attached to a hull about to be launched in restricted waters in order to slow its motion by dragging along the bottom.
- dragonfish — any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of Antarctic seas, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- draughting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- earbashing — a scolding or lengthy and vituperative verbal attack
- earth sign — any of the three astrological signs, Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of practicality and interest in material things.
- earthlings — Plural form of earthling.
- ebbinghaus — Hermann (ˈhɛrman). 1850–1909, German experimental psychologist who undertook the first systematic and large-scale studies of memory and devised tests using nonsense syllables
- enchaining — Present participle of enchain.
- enchanting — Delightfully charming or attractive.
- englishman — adult male from England
- enthraling — (rare) present participle of enthral.
- escheating — Present participle of escheat.
- exchanging — Present participle of exchange.
- exhausting — Making one feel very tired; very tiring.
- fang lizhi — 1936–2012, Chinese astrophysicist and human-rights campaigner, lived in the US from 1990
- fashioning — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- feathering — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- framingham — a town in E Massachusetts.
- fraughting — Present participle of fraught.