10-letter words containing e, n, a, t, h
- chattiness — characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters: a long, chatty letter from my sister.
- cheapernet — (networking) (Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable".
- cheltenham — a town in W England, in central Gloucestershire: famous for its schools, racecourse, and saline springs (discovered in 1716). Pop: 98 875 (2001)
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- 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.
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- choanocyte — any of the flagellated cells in sponges that maintain a flow of water through the body. A collar of protoplasm surrounds the base of the flagellum
- chwang-tse — Chuang-tzu (def 1).
- clean-tech — using clean technology
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- coelacanth — a primitive marine bony fish of the genus Latimeria (subclass Crossopterygii), having fleshy limblike pectoral fins and occurring off the coast of E Africa: thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- containeth — Archaic third-person singular form of contain.
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- date-night — an evening social date on which a married or long-term couple go out together: I enjoy a once-a-week date night with my husband.
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- den father — (in the Boy Scouts) a man who serves as an adult leader or supervisor of a cub scout den.
- detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- dianthuses — Plural form of dianthus.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenthral — disenthrall.
- dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dithionate — a salt of dithionic acid.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- earth sign — any of the three astrological signs, Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of practicality and interest in material things.
- earth tone — any of various warm, muted colors ranging basically from neutral to deep brown.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- earthiness — of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- earthlings — Plural form of earthling.
- earthshine — the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth.
- earthwoman — a female inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthwomen — Plural form of earthwoman.
- east haven — a town in S Connecticut, near New Haven.
- echinulate — (of a plant or animal) having a covering of prickles or small spines.
- encashment — (finance) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
- enchanters — Plural form of enchanter.
- enchanting — Delightfully charming or attractive.
- endothecia — Plural form of endothecium.
- endothelia — Plural form of endothelium.
- enneathlon — an athletic contest in which each athlete competes in nine events
- enomotarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The commander of an enomoty.
- ensheathed — Simple past tense and past participle of ensheathe.
- enthraldom — the condition of being enthralled
- enthraling — (rare) present participle of enthral.