10-letter words containing c, a, n, h
- plainchant — plainsong (defs 1, 2).
- planchette — a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc.
- play-lunch — a schoolchild's mid-morning snack
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- punch card — punched card
- punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
- purchasing — buying
- puschkinia — a small spring-flowering bulb, Puschkinia scilloides, of Asia Minor and the Caucasus, having white or pale blue flowers striped with dark blue
- pyracantha — firethorn.
- quenchable — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- rachmanism — extortion or exploitation by a landlord of tenants of dilapidated or slum property, esp when involving intimidation or use of racial fears to drive out sitting tenants whose rent is fixed at a low rate
- rain check — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- ranch hand — an employee on a ranch
- ranch mink — a semiaquatic mink, Mustela vision, raised commercially for its fur.
- ranshackle — to ransack
- ratcheting — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- reichsbank — the former German national bank.
- reteaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- ritschlian — of or relating to the theology of Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89), who developed a liberal Christian theology and maintained that religious faith is based on value judgments.
- rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
- roman arch — a semicircular arch.
- round arch — an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.
- saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- sand chair — a low folding beach chair with a frame, usually of tubular metal, that slants outward below the seat, forming a base designed to be rested in the sand.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sand yacht — land yacht.
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sash chain — a chain for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schnozzola — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- schooligan — a person of school age who engages in acts of public disorder
- scratching — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- scrimshank — to avoid one's obligations or share of work; shirk.
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.