10-letter words containing e, n, a, t, h
- astonishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astonish.
- at home in — familiar or conversant with
- athenaeums — Plural form of athenaeum.
- athenienne — a small, decorative stand in the form of an antique tripod, used especially in France in the Louis XVI and Empire periods.
- athermancy — an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation
- attachment — If you have an attachment to someone or something, you are fond of them or loyal to them.
- authigenic — (of minerals) having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- azomethine — (chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds of general formula RN=CR2.
- bacchantes — Plural form of bacchant.
- banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- bathinette — a portable folding bathtub for babies, made of rubberized cloth, etc.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- bench seat — a seat for more than one person
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
- birth name — the surname given a person at birth.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- bone earth — bone ash.
- bonnethead — a hammerhead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, found in shallow waters from Brazil to Massachusetts, having a spade-shaped head.
- branchiate — having gills.
- breathe in — When you breathe in, you take some air into your lungs.
- cachinnate — to laugh loudly
- can't help — If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.
- carmarthen — a market town in S Wales, the administrative centre of Carmarthenshire: Norman castle. Pop: 14 648 (2001)
- carthamine — a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower
- cashew nut — edible nut
- catananche — any of the hardy perennial genus Catananche, from S Europe; some, esp C. caerulea, are grown for their blue-and-white flowers that can be dried as winter decoration: family Asteraceae
- catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
- catchiness — The state or quality of being catchy.
- catchments — Plural form of catchment.
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
- cathecting — Present participle of cathect.
- cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chainplate — a metal plate on the side of a vessel, to which the shrouds are attached
- chalkstone — tophus
- chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
- chanteuses — Plural form of chanteuse.
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- 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.
- chasteness — The state of being chaste; chastity.
- 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
- chatterton — Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17