10-letter words containing c, h, o, n
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- 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).
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- coyishness — the quality of being coyish
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- ctenophore — any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
- cushioning — Cushioning is something soft that protects an object when it hits something.
- cyanopathy — (medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- deaconhood — the position of a deacon
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- decahedron — a solid figure having ten plane faces
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- docentship — privatdocent.
- 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.
- douchiness — (slang, derogatory) The quality of being douchey or douchy; objectionableness.
- dutch bond — a brickwork bond in which the vertical joints of the stretchers in any course are in line with the centers of the first stretchers above and below.
- dutch oven — a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- echeloning — Present participle of echelon.
- 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.
- ecphonesis — the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”.
- encephalo- — indicating the brain
- encephalon — The brain.
- encroached — Simple past tense and past participle of encroach.
- encroacher — One who encroaches.
- encroaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encroach.
- endolithic — Within rock.
- endophytic — Of or relating to an endophyte.
- endothecia — Plural form of endothecium.
- 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).
- enomotarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The commander of an enomoty.
- enphytotic — (of plant diseases) causing a constant amount of damage each year
- entophytic — relating to an entophyte
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- erythrocin — (medicine) synonym of erythromycin.