10-letter words containing c, h, i, s
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disencharm — To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
- dishcloths — Plural form of dishcloth.
- disk crash — the failure of a disk storage system, usually resulting from the read-write head touching the moving disk surface and causing mechanical damage
- dispatched — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- dispatches — Plural form of dispatch.
- distichous — Botany. arranged alternately in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis, as leaves.
- ditch-moss — elodea.
- ditheistic — Of or pertaining to ditheism, the belief in two gods.
- docentship — privatdocent.
- doctorfish — a surgeonfish, especially Acanthurus chirurgus, of the West Indies, having a bluish body and black tail.
- doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- doohickeys — Plural form of doohickey.
- douchiness — (slang, derogatory) The quality of being douchey or douchy; objectionableness.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- dysarthric — Afflicted with, or pertaining to, dysarthria.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dysthymiac — a person who is affected with dysthymia
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- easy chair — an upholstered armchair for lounging.
- ecchymosis — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- echinaceas — Plural form of echinacea.
- ecphonesis — the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”.
- ecthlipsis — loss of a consonant, especially, in Latin, loss of a final m before a word beginning with a vowel or h.
- eightscore — one hundred and sixty
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- emphysemic — Relating to emphysema.
- enchiladas — Plural form of enchilada.
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- escharotic — Capable of producing an eschar.
- escheating — Present participle of escheat.
- escoveitch — (West Indies) escabeche.
- esthetical — Of or pertaining to esthetics.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- eurythmics — A rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements.
- eustachian — Alternative form of Eustachian.
- euthanasic — Of, or pertaining to euthanasia.
- exospheric — Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fast pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched at a high speed with an underhand motion
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- fish sauce — a spicy sauce made from the fermented liquid of salt-cured fish, especially anchovies, popular as a flavoring or condiment in Southeast Asian cookery.
- fish slice — a broad-bladed kitchen implement with a long handle, for turning fish in frying.
- fish stick — an oblong piece of fried fish, usually breaded.
- fletchings — the feathers on an arrow, which stabilize it during flight.
- franchisal — Pertaining to franchises.