10-letter words containing h, c, a, i, n
- clannishly — In a clannish manner.
- clashingly — In a clashing manner.
- cliff-hang — to wait eagerly for the outcome of a suspenseful situation or contest.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- cochairman — a person who cochairs an organization
- cochampion — a joint champion
- cohabitant — a person living together with another or others
- cohabiting — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobating — Present participle of cohobate.
- cohobation — (dated, chemistry) The boiling of a material in a liquid with the repeated return of the distillate.
- conchoidal — (of the fracture of minerals and rocks) having smooth shell-shaped convex and concave surfaces
- containeth — Archaic third-person singular form of contain.
- corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- cuchulainn — a hero of Ulster and the subject of many legends.
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- disenchain — to set (a person) free from restraint
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disencharm — To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- door chain — a short chain with a removable slide fitting that can be attached between the inside of a door and the doorjamb to prevent the door from being opened more than a few inches without the chain being removed.
- drag chain — one of a number of chains attached to a hull about to be launched in restricted waters in order to slow its motion by dragging along the bottom.
- echinaceas — Plural form of echinacea.
- echinulate — (of a plant or animal) having a covering of prickles or small spines.
- encephalic — of or relating to the brain
- enchaining — Present participle of enchain.
- enchanting — Delightfully charming or attractive.
- enchiladas — Plural form of enchilada.
- endothecia — Plural form of endothecium.
- enharmonic — Of or relating to notes that are the same in pitch (in modern tuning) though bearing different names (e.g., F sharp and G flat or B and C flat).
- epicanthic — Denoting a fold of skin from the upper eyelid covering the inner angle of the eye, typical in many peoples of eastern Asia and found as a congenital abnormality elsewhere.
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- escheating — Present participle of escheat.
- ethnically — Of, pertaining to ethnicity or ethnics.
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- eustachian — Alternative form of Eustachian.
- euthanasic — Of, or pertaining to euthanasia.
- exchanging — Present participle of exchange.
- fianchetto — the development of a bishop, in an opening move, by advancing one or two pawns so as to permit movement along the bishop's diagonal.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.