10-letter words containing e, t, c, h, i
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choristers — Plural form of chorister.
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- christless — being without the teachings or spirit of Christ; unchristian.
- christlike — resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- chuntering — to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- chuttering — Present participle of chutter.
- cinch belt — a wide belt of elastic, leather, or fabric with a clasp or lacing in front, worn tightly to make the waist look smaller.
- ciphertext — encrypted text
- citizenish — Of the nature of citizens.
- clientship — the state of being a client
- clisthenes — Cleisthenes
- close with — to engage in battle with an enemy
- cloth-like — resembling cloth
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- codeswitch — Alternative form of code-switch.
- cohabitate — cohabit.
- cohibitive — restrictive
- committeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commit.
- consisteth — Archaic third-person singular form of consist.
- containeth — Archaic third-person singular form of contain.
- continueth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of continue.
- coolie hat — a wide, conical straw hat worn especially as a shield against the sun.
- coquettish — If you describe a woman as coquettish, you mean she acts in a playful way that is intended to make men find her attractive.
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- cotehardie — (in the Middle Ages) a close-fitting outer garment with long sleeves, hip-length for men and full-length for women, often laced or buttoned down the front or back.
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash site — the place where a crash occurred
- crib death — Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- crib sheet — a sheet containing notes, etc, on a particular subject, used as a study aid
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cuttlefish — A cuttlefish is a sea animal that has a soft body and a hard shell inside.
- czarevitch — the eldest son of a czar of Russia
- decathexis — to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss: He decathected from her in order to cope with her impending death.
- deck light — a skylight for a 'tween deck, built flush with the upper deck.
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- diphyletic — of or relating to a taxonomic group of organisms derived from two separate ancestral lines.
- direct hit — If a place suffers a direct hit, a bomb, bullet, or other missile that has been aimed at it lands exactly in that place, rather than some distance away.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.