10-letter words containing a, r, c, h, i, n
- chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
- chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- chairwoman — The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it.
- chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
- chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
- chamberlin — ˈThomas Chrowder (ˈkraʊdər ) ; krouˈdər) 1843-1928; U.S. geologist
- chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
- chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
- chanceries — Plural form of chancery.
- chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- chandigarh — a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
- chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
- chari-nile — a group of languages of E Africa, now generally regarded as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in parts of the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and adjacent countries
- charmingly — In a charming manner.
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- 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.
- chattering — rapid and continuous talk
- chaucerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
- 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.
- 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
- chicharron — (in Mexican cooking) a piece of fried pork crackling.
- chin strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chin-strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- china bark — cinchona (sense 2)
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- china-ware — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
- chinagraph — a coloured pencil used for writing on china, glass, etc
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinstraps — Plural form of chinstrap.
- chiromancy — palmistry
- 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
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- cochairman — a person who cochairs an organization
- corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- disencharm — To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- door chain — a short chain with a removable slide fitting that can be attached between the inside of a door and the doorjamb to prevent the door from being opened more than a few inches without the chain being removed.