10-letter words containing a, o, n, e, h
- at home in — familiar or conversant with
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- azomethine — (chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds of general formula RN=CR2.
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- be hard on — to treat severely; be harsh toward
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
- bon marche — a bargain.
- bone china — Bone china is a kind of thin china that contains powdered bone.
- bone earth — bone ash.
- boneheaded — a foolish or stupid person; blockhead.
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bonnethead — a hammerhead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, found in shallow waters from Brazil to Massachusetts, having a spade-shaped head.
- brookhaven — a town in SW Mississippi.
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
- 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)
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
- chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
- chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
- chalkstone — tophus
- chamaeleon — a faint constellation lying between Volans and the South celestial pole
- chameleons — Plural form of chameleon.
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chancellor — Chancellor is the title of the head of government in Germany and Austria.
- change off — to take turns
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
- channel op — (messaging) /chan'l op/ (Or "op", "chan op", "chop") Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC channel. These privileges include the right to kick users, to change various status bits and to make others into CHOPs. The full form, "channel operator", is almost never used.
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chaperones — Plural form of chaperone.
- chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
- chatterton — Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chelonians — Plural form of chelonian.
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- cheongsams — Plural form of cheongsam.
- 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
- chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl