10-letter words containing c, h, i, s
- 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.
- freshmanic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a freshman: freshmanic enthusiasm.
- game chips — round thin potato chips served with game
- gaucheries — Plural form of gaucherie.
- geochemist — (chemistry, geology) A chemist or geologist who specializes in geochemistry.
- geophysics — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- give chase — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- grassfinch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- grouchiest — Superlative form of grouchy.
- guilloches — Plural form of guilloche.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- hackintosh — 1. (jargon, computer) An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL"). 2. (jargon, computer) A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
- hacktivism — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- hacktivist — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- haloclines — Plural form of halocline.
- han cities — a group of three cities in E central China (Hanyang, Hankow, and Wuchang), in SE Hubei at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze Rivers; united in 1950 to form the conurbation of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- handstitch — to stitch or sew by hand.
- harmonicas — Plural form of harmonica.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hatcheries — Plural form of hatchery.
- hatchlings — Plural form of hatchling.
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- headpieces — Plural form of headpiece.
- hebraistic — of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.
- hecticness — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hedonistic — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heelpieces — Plural form of heelpiece.
- helictites — Plural form of helictite.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- hemicycles — Plural form of hemicycle.
- hemisected — Simple past tense and past participle of hemisect.
- hemistichs — Plural form of hemistich.
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- heptastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of seven lines or verses.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbicides — Plural form of herbicide.
- heresiarch — a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.