10-letter words containing c, h, o, n
- chironomid — a member of the Chironomidae, a family of nonbiting midges
- chirurgeon — surgeon
- chirurgion — Alternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chittagong — a port in E Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal: industrial centre. Pop: 4 171 000 (2005 est)
- chiungchou — Qiongzhou.
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chlorinity — the amount of chlorine present in water, esp sea-water
- chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
- choanocyte — any of the flagellated cells in sponges that maintain a flow of water through the body. A collar of protoplasm surrounds the base of the flagellum
- chockstone — a stone securely jammed in a crack. It may vary in size from a pebble to a large boulder
- choiceness — The condition of being choice.
- choke down — to swallow with difficulty
- chokepoint — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondritic — (geology) Of or pertaining to a chondrite.
- chondritis — a swelling and tenderness of cartilage
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- choosiness — The state of being choosy.
- chopfallen — chapfallen
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- chosenness — a past participle of choose.
- chow hound — a person who eats food in large quantities or with great gusto; glutton.
- chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromogens — Plural form of chromogen.
- chromonema — a coiled chromatin thread within a single chromosome
- chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
- chronicity — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chronicler — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chronicles — either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament
- chronogram — a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L, and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
- chronology — The chronology of a series of past events is the times at which they happened in the order in which they happened.
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chronopher — an instrument for transmitting time signals electronically.
- chronotron — a gadget that, by contrasting electrical pulsations, can calculate very short periods of time
- chronozone — (geology) A group of strata formed during the same chron of geologic time.
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- chunderous — nauseating
- cinchonine — an insoluble crystalline alkaloid isolated from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria. Formula: C19H22N2O
- cinchonism — a condition resulting from an excessive dose of cinchona bark or its alkaloids, characterized chiefly by headache, ringing in the ears, and vomiting
- cinchonize — to treat (a patient) with cinchona or one of its alkaloids, esp quinine
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- clomiphene — a drug that stimulates the production of egg cells in the ovary: used to treat infertility in women