10-letter words containing a, s, h, e, n
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- bench seat — a seat for more than one person
- beni hasan — a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, with cliff-cut tombs dating from 2000 bc
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- bushranger — an escaped convict or robber living in the bush
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- caseharden — to form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
- 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.
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- catchiness — The state or quality of being catchy.
- catchments — Plural form of catchment.
- cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
- chalkiness — of or like chalk.
- chalkstone — tophus
- challenges — Plural form of challenge.
- chameleons — Plural form of chameleon.
- champagnes — Plural form of champagne.
- chanceless — the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all.
- chanceries — Plural form of chancery.
- chanciness — The quality of being chancy or risky; riskiness.
- changeless — unchanging; immutable
- channelise — Alternative form of channelize.
- chanteuses — Plural form of chanteuse.
- chaperones — Plural form of chaperone.
- 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.
- chasteness — The state of being chaste; chastity.
- chastening — A chastening experience makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
- chatelains — Plural form of chatelain.
- chattiness — characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters: a long, chatty letter from my sister.
- chelonians — Plural form of chelonian.
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- cheongsams — Plural form of cheongsam.
- chevisance — an illegal arrangement or pact
- chieftains — Plural form of chieftain.
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chwang-tse — Chuang-tzu (def 1).
- dauphiness — dauphine.