10-letter words containing c, h, i, s
- consulship — an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- copyrights — Plural form of copyright.
- coquettish — If you describe a woman as coquettish, you mean she acts in a playful way that is intended to make men find her attractive.
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cosherings — (in Ireland) visits to tenants' houses by a chief and his followers, where they would expect to be fed and accommodated
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- cousinhood — Relationship as of cousins.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- coyishness — the quality of being coyish
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
- crash site — the place where a crash occurred
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
- crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- crib sheet — a sheet containing notes, etc, on a particular subject, used as a study aid
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- cross hair — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crossbirth — any abnormal labour in which the child is positioned across the uterus
- crosshairs — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- crunchings — any actions in which things are crunched
- crushingly — You can use crushingly to emphasize the degree of a negative quality.
- crutchings — the wool clipped from a sheep's hindquarters
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cushioning — Cushioning is something soft that protects an object when it hits something.
- cuttlefish — A cuttlefish is a sea animal that has a soft body and a hard shell inside.
- cystoliths — Plural form of cystolith.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- decathexis — to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss: He decathected from her in order to cope with her impending death.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- dehiscence — a splitting open, as of a pod or anther, along definite structural lines
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- diaschisis — a disturbance or loss of function in one part of the brain due to a localized injury in another part.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- dip switch — computing: on-off switch
- disc wheel — a road wheel of a motor vehicle that has a round pressed disc in place of spokes
- discharged — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dischargee — a person who has been discharged, as from military service.
- discharger — Someone or something that discharges something, such as pollution or a firearm.
- discharges — Plural form of discharge.
- dischuffed — (New Zealand, British, informal) Very displeased or unsatisfied.
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- disenchain — to set (a person) free from restraint