10-letter words containing c, h, i, r, n
- 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.
- drag chain — one of a number of chains attached to a hull about to be launched in restricted waters in order to slow its motion by dragging along the bottom.
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- enciphered — Simple past tense and past participle of encipher.
- enharmonic — Of or relating to notes that are the same in pitch (in modern tuning) though bearing different names (e.g., F sharp and G flat or B and C flat).
- enhydritic — pertaining to enhydrite
- enrichened — Simple past tense and past participle of enrichen.
- enrichment — The act of enriching or something enriched.
- erythrocin — (medicine) synonym of erythromycin.
- euchlorine — an explosive gaseous mixture of chlorine and chlorine dioxide
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- every inch — If you talk about every inch of an area, you are emphasizing that you mean the whole of it.
- franchisal — Pertaining to franchises.
- franchised — Simple past tense and past participle of franchise.
- franchisee — a person or company to whom a franchise is granted.
- franchiser — Also, franchisor [fran-chahy-zer, fran-chuh-zawr] /ˈfræn tʃaɪ zər, ˌfræn tʃəˈzɔr/ (Show IPA). a person or company that grants a franchise.
- franchises — Plural form of franchise.
- franchisor — Also, franchisor [fran-chahy-zer, fran-chuh-zawr] /ˈfræn tʃaɪ zər, ˌfræn tʃəˈzɔr/ (Show IPA). a person or company that grants a franchise.
- french dip — a hot sandwich of roast beef, pork, or lamb, served on a crusty roll over which seasoned pan juices are poured.
- french kid — kidskin tanned by an alum or vegetable process and finished in a manner originally employed by the French.
- freshmanic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a freshman: freshmanic enthusiasm.
- grandchild — a child of one's son or daughter.
- grassfinch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- greenfinch — any finch of the genus Carduelis, of Europe and Asia, having green and yellow plumage, especially C. chloris (European greenfinch)
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- handicraft — manual skill.
- harmonical — Alternative form of harmonic.
- harmonicas — Plural form of harmonica.
- harmonicon — harmonica (def 1).
- hemicrania — pain in one side of the head.
- heroicness — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
- hinderance — Archaic spelling of hindrance.
- hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- histrionic — of or relating to actors or acting.
- 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.
- horn chair — a chair, especially of the late 19th-century U.S., having a frame made from steer, elk, buffalo, or other animal horns.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- 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).
- 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.