10-letter words containing c, i, s, h, e
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- choiceless — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- choiceness — The condition of being choice.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- choosiness — The state of being choosy.
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choristers — Plural form of chorister.
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- christless — being without the teachings or spirit of Christ; unchristian.
- christlike — resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
- chronicles — either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- chubbiness — round and plump: a chubby child; a chubby face.
- chuffiness — the quality of being chuffy; boorishness
- chumminess — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chunkiness — The state of being chunky.
- cinephiles — Plural form of cinephile.
- citizenish — Of the nature of citizens.
- clairseach — an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.
- clientship — the state of being a client
- clisthenes — Cleisthenes
- close with — to engage in battle with an enemy
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- codeswitch — Alternative form of code-switch.
- coheirship — The state of being a coheir.
- cohesively — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- consisteth — Archaic third-person singular form of consist.
- coquettish — If you describe a woman as coquettish, you mean she acts in a playful way that is intended to make men find her attractive.
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- cosherings — (in Ireland) visits to tenants' houses by a chief and his followers, where they would expect to be fed and accommodated
- coyishness — the quality of being coyish
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
- crash site — the place where a crash occurred
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- crib sheet — a sheet containing notes, etc, on a particular subject, used as a study aid
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cuttlefish — A cuttlefish is a sea animal that has a soft body and a hard shell inside.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- decathexis — to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss: He decathected from her in order to cope with her impending death.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- dehiscence — a splitting open, as of a pod or anther, along definite structural lines
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- disc wheel — a road wheel of a motor vehicle that has a round pressed disc in place of spokes