10-letter words containing c, h, i, n
- 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.
- hsi chiang — a river in S China, flowing E from Yunnan province to the South China Sea near Canton. 1250 miles (2012 km) long.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
- hyacinthin — phenylacetaldehyde.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- 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).
- hygienical — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypernymic — Of or pertaining to hypernyms.
- hyperpneic — characterized by unusually fast breathing
- 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.
- hystricine — Like or pertaining to porcupines.
- 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.
- impeaching — Present participle of impeach.
- in a pinch — if necessary
- 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.
- in the act — committing a crime
- in the can — a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal: a can of soup.
- inch plant — any of several creeping or sprawling tropical American plants of the genus Callisia, having sometimes fragrant flowers in a variety of colors.
- inch-pound — one-twelfth of a foot-pound. Abbreviation: in-lb.
- inchanting — Present participle of inchant.
- 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.
- increaseth — Archaic third-person singular form of increase.
- inharmonic — not harmonic; dissonant.