10-letter words containing c, h, i, n, o
- homecoming — a return to one's home; arrival at home.
- homophonic — having the same sound.
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- honorifics — Plural form of honorific.
- hootchinoo — hoochinoo.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horn chair — a chair, especially of the late 19th-century U.S., having a frame made from steer, elk, buffalo, or other animal horns.
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydroponic — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- hypnogenic — of or relating to the induction of sleep
- hypnogogic — Alternative spelling of hypnagogic.
- hypocapnia — (medicine) A state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypophonic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypophonia.
- ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.
- ichinomiya — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- iconomachy — opposition to the worship of images or icons
- iconophile — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- idiophonic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by an idiophone.
- in cahoots — go cahoots, to share equally; become partners: They went cahoots in the establishment of the store. Also, go in cahoot with, go in cahoots.
- in hock to — If you are in hock to someone, you feel you have to do things for them because they have given you money or support.
- inch-pound — one-twelfth of a foot-pound. Abbreviation: in-lb.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inchoation — a beginning; origin.
- inchoative — inceptive.
- incoherent — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- incohesive — Not cohesive.
- inharmonic — not harmonic; dissonant.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- isochronon — A clock designed to keep very accurate time.
- john fitch — John, 1743–98, U.S. inventor: pioneer in development of the steamboat.
- kitchendom — the domain of the kitchen
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- loincloths — Plural form of loincloth.
- long-chain — pertaining to molecules composed of long chains of atoms, or polymers composed of long chains of monomers.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- maconochie — a tinned stew of meat and vegetables given to soldiers during World War 1
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- makunouchi — a Japanese fast food dish consisting of fish, meat, eggs, and vegetables served with rice and an umeboshi