10-letter words containing c, o, n, h
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- somewhence — from somewhere
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- splanchno- — the viscera
- stanchions — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- sycophancy — self-seeking or servile flattery.
- synchronal — synchronous.
- synchronic — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- synecdoche — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- talcahuano — a seaport in central Chile.
- tchernosem — chernozem.
- techno-pop — a form of popular dance music of the 1980s and 1990s combining elements of techno with live instrumentation, pop lyrics, etc.
- technocrat — a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.
- technofear — fear of using technological devices, such as computers; technophobia
- technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- technopole — an area with high-tech industrial research and development facilities
- telephonic — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- thanatotic — an ancient Greek personification of death.
- the bounce — the start of play at the beginning of each quarter or after a goal
- the corner — an area in central Australia, at the junction of the borders of Queensland and South Australia
- the eocene — the Eocene epoch or rock series
- theomantic — relating to theomancy or divination
- theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- theotechny — the introduction of a divine force or being into a piece of literature, often used to bring resolution to a situation
- thermionic — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- thiocyanic — of, from, or relating to a sulphacid (or liquid acid HSCN) having a strong odour but no colour
- tiahuanaco — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture existing c300 b.c.–a.d. c900, chiefly in Peru and Bolivia, characterized by the use of megalithic masonry carved with geometric and animal designs, stone statues, polychrome pottery, and bronze artifacts.
- tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
- torch song — a popular song concerned with unhappiness or failure in love.
- touch down — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touch-tone — of or relating to a tone-dialing system or a push-button phone operating on tone dialing.
- touchstone — a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
- trichogyne — a hairlike prolongation of a carpogonium, serving as a receptive organ for the spermatium.
- trithionic — designating a certain thionic acid
- trochanter — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- trochotron — a trochoidal magnetron, in which the electrodes are arranged in a wheel-like pattern around a central cathode, and electrons can be caused to move in a trochoidal curve
- turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
- typhogenic — producing typhus or typhoid fever.
- unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
- unanchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- unbroached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- uncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- unharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- unhistoric — not famous or important in history