10-letter words containing e, c, h, i
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- school tie — old school tie.
- schooltide — schooldays
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- schrieffer — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- schweitzer — Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
- schwitters — Kurt [koo rt] /kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1948, German artist.
- screeching — causing or uttering screeches: screeching bats.
- scythelike — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- 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
- seborrheic — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- set chisel — a chisel having a broad edge at the end of a tapered shaft; used to cut the heads off bolts, rivets, etc.
- seven-inch — a phonograph record seven inches in diameter, usually having one popular song on each side.
- shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
- sheep tick — a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
- shit-faced — very drunk.
- shitkicker — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- 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
- side chair — a straight-backed chair without arms.
- side check — a checkrein passing back to the saddle from the side of a horse's head
- sketchiest — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- squelching — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
- squirearch — a member of the squirearchy.
- stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- suckerfish — remora.
- super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superthick — extremely thick
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- synthetics — You can refer to synthetic clothing, fabric, or materials as synthetics.
- tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
- tachytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate faster than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- tcherepnin — Alexander (Aleksandr Nikolaevich) 1899–1977, Russian pianist and composer, in the U.S.
- technetium — Chemistry. an element of the manganese family, not found in nature, but obtained in the fission of uranium or by the bombardment of molybdenum. Symbol: Tc; atomic weight: 99; atomic number: 43; specific gravity: 11.5.
- technician — a person who is trained or skilled in the technicalities of a subject.
- technicism — a technical term or phrase
- technicist — a technician
- technicize — to make (something) technical
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine