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10-letter words containing e, a, c, h, n

  • poachiness — the state of being poachy
  • pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
  • preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
  • preachment — the act of preaching.
  • quenchable — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
  • rain check — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
  • ranshackle — to ransack
  • ratcheting — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
  • reichsbank — the former German national bank.
  • reteaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
  • revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
  • rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
  • saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • sand perch — squirrelfish.
  • sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
  • sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
  • schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
  • scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
  • scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
  • schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
  • schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
  • sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
  • sea change — a striking change, as in appearance, often for the better.
  • sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
  • seannachie — a Gaelic storyteller in the Scottish Highlands or in Ireland
  • secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
  • sex change — the alteration, by surgery and hormone treatments, of a person's physical sex characteristics to approximate those of the opposite sex: Born male, she now lives as a woman but has no plans for a sex change.
  • shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
  • shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
  • side chain — a group of atoms bound to an atom, usually a carbon, that forms part of a larger chain or ring in a molecule
  • snaphaunce — an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
  • sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
  • stanchless — not to be stanched.
  • stanchness — the state or quality of being staunch
  • staunchest — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
  • tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
  • tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
  • technician — a person who is trained or skilled in the technicalities of a subject.
  • technocrat — a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.
  • technofear — fear of using technological devices, such as computers; technophobia
  • the canvas — the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring
  • the change — menopause
  • the cinema — the art or business of making films
  • theomantic — relating to theomancy or divination
  • theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • tire chain — a device made of chains, attached around a tire's tread on a motor vehicle to increase traction, as on snow
  • trachiniae — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
  • trenchancy — incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
  • 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.
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