10-letter words containing c, h, t, o, n
- endophytic — Of or relating to an endophyte.
- endothecia — Plural form of endothecium.
- 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
- erythrocin — (medicine) synonym of erythromycin.
- escutcheon — A shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms.
- ethnologic — Ethnological.
- ethnoscape — A transnational distribution of correlated people.
- fianchetto — the development of a bishop, in an opening move, by advancing one or two pawns so as to permit movement along the bishop's diagonal.
- frontbench — Alternative form of front bench.
- geotechnic — relating to geotechnics
- greencloth — the green covering of a billiard or gaming table
- 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.
- head count — an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
- hedonistic — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- henceforth — from now on; from this point forward.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- high-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively high number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
- histrionic — of or relating to actors or acting.
- hootchinoo — hoochinoo.
- hot corner — third base (def 2).
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
- hycanthone — A particular schistosomicide, a metabolite of lucanthone.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- in cahoots — go cahoots, to share equally; become partners: They went cahoots in the establishment of the store. Also, go in cahoot with, go in cahoots.
- in hock to — If you are in hock to someone, you feel you have to do things for them because they have given you money or support.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inchoation — a beginning; origin.
- inchoative — inceptive.
- incoherent — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- jacobethan — noting or pertaining to the architecture of England at the beginning of the 17th century.
- john cabot — John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- john fitch — John, 1743–98, U.S. inventor: pioneer in development of the steamboat.
- kitchendom — the domain of the kitchen
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- latch onto — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- loincloths — Plural form of loincloth.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.