10-letter words containing e, c, h, o, n
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- necrotroph — a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead matter
- neo-gothic — of, relating to, or designating chiefly a style of architecture in which gothic motifs and forms are imitated.
- nephoscope — an instrument for determining the speed and direction of cloud motion.
- net blotch — a disease of barley, characterized by a brown, netlike discoloration of the leaves, caused by fungi of the genus Helminthosporium.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- no chicken — no longer young
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- nomothetic — giving or establishing laws; legislative.
- non-breach — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- non-ethnic — not of or associated with any particular ethnic background or group: some of the best nonethnic cooking in town.
- non-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- nonethical — not related to ethics
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- novicehood — the condition of a novice
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- obrenovich — Alexander, Alexander I (def 3).
- octahedron — a solid figure having eight faces.
- oenophilic — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- off chance — See at chance (def 17).
- off-chance — See at chance (def 17).
- ohnosecond — (unit, humour) (Presumably a play on "nanosecond") The miniscule time it takes to realize that you've just made a BIG mistake like typing rm -rf * in the wrong directory. Seen in Elizabeth P. Crowe's book, "The Electronic Traveller."
- oil change — the replacement of dirty engine oil with clean engine oil
- old french — the French language of the 9th through the 13th centuries. Abbreviation: OF.
- open chain — a series of atoms linked in a chain not joined together at its ends, and so represented in its structural formula.
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
- orthogenic — Psychology. of, concerned with, or providing corrective treatment for mentally retarded or seriously disturbed children: orthogenic class.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- ouananiche — A salmon of landlocked populations living in lakes in Labrador and Newfoundland.
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- periphonic — (of sound reproduction) involving speakers placed at different heights so as to produce sound from all directions
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenotypic — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phlegmonic — relating to or having the characteristics of a phlegmon
- phoenician — a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.
- phone call — telephone call
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- phone-jack — to steal the mobile phone from (a person)
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.