10-letter words containing e, c, h, i, n, a
- chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
- champaigne — Philippe de (filip də). 1602–74, French painter, born in Brussels: noted particularly for his portraits and historical and religious scenes
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chanceries — Plural form of chancery.
- chanciness — The quality of being chancy or risky; riskiness.
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- changeling — A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies.
- channeling — esp. in some New Age beliefs, the process by which a person becomes a conduit for a deceased person, as someone from an ancient culture, who imparts information about a previous life
- channelise — Alternative form of channelize.
- channelize — to guide through or as if through a channel; provide a channel for
- chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
- chari-nile — a group of languages of E Africa, now generally regarded as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in parts of the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and adjacent countries
- chartering — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- chastening — A chastening experience makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
- chatelaine — A chatelaine is the female owner, or the wife of the owner, of a castle or large country house.
- chatelains — Plural form of chatelain.
- chattering — rapid and continuous talk
- chattiness — characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters: a long, chatty letter from my sister.
- chaucerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
- chavelling — Present participle of chavel.
- cheapening — Present participle of cheapen.
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chelonians — Plural form of chelonian.
- chenchiang — Zhenjiang
- chevisance — an illegal arrangement or pact
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- chieftains — Plural form of chieftain.
- chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
- chimpanzee — A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
- china blue — a bright greenish blue.
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- china-ware — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
- chinandega — a city in W Nicaragua.
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chine nual — (documentation) /sheen'yu-*l/ (MIT) The LISP Machine Manual, so called because the title was wrapped around the cover so only those letters showed on the front.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- containeth — Archaic third-person singular form of contain.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- disenchain — to set (a person) free from restraint
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disencharm — To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees