10-letter words containing e, c, h, i
- autarchies — Plural form of autarchy.
- authigenic — (of minerals) having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- baphometic — relating to the worship of the idol Baphomet, whom the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping during the Crusades
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- bench vice — a vice mounted on a workbench
- beseeching — A beseeching expression, gesture, or tone of voice suggests that the person who has or makes it very much wants someone to do something.
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bewitching — enchanting; charming; fascinating.
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bichromate — dichromate
- big cheese — Someone who has a very important job or position can be referred to as a big cheese.
- biochemist — A biochemist is a scientist or student who studies biochemistry.
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- birch beer — a carbonated or fermented drink containing an extract from the bark of the birch tree.
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- bitchiness — characteristic of a bitch; spiteful; malicious.
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- bone china — Bone china is a kind of thin china that contains powdered bone.
- branchiate — having gills.
- brickearth — a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil
- bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
- cache line — (storage) (Or cache block) The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache. Rather than reading a single word or byte from main memory at a time, each cache entry is usually holds a certain number of words, known as a "cache line" or "cache block" and a whole line is read and cached at once. This takes advantage of the principle of locality of reference: if one location is read then nearby locations (particularly following locations) are likely to be read soon afterward. It can also take advantage of page-mode DRAM which allows faster access to consecutive locations.
- cache miss — (storage) A request to read from memory which cannot be satisfied from the cache, for which the main memory has to be consulted. Opposite: cache hit.
- cachinnate — to laugh loudly
- caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
- calciphile — calcicole.
- calciphobe — calcifuge.
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
- camel hair — the hair of the camel, used especially for cloth, painters' brushes, and Oriental rugs.
- camel-hair — A camel-hair coat is made of a kind of soft, thick woollen cloth, usually creamy-brown in colour.
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- cane chair — a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane.
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- carchemish — an ancient city in Syria on the Euphrates, lying on major trade routes; site of a victory of the Babylonians over the Egyptians (605 bc)
- careership — An approach to career-related decision-making, combining rationality, interactions with others, and responses to sometimes unpredictable events.
- carmichael — Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929)
- carthamine — a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cash price — discount
- cash prize — a prize in a competition that takes the form of money
- cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
- catch fire — to ignite