11-letter words containing h, c, a, i, n
- hierodeacon — a monk who is also a deacon.
- high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
- highjacking — Present participle of highjack.
- hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
- hispanicism — an idiom peculiar to Spanish.
- hispanicist — Hispanist.
- hispanicize — to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style.
- honorifical — honorific
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- humectation — A moistening.
- hyacinthine — of or like the hyacinth.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hypercapnia — Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration.
- hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
- ice machine — machine that makes ice cubes
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- impeachment — the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- in chancery — (of a suit) pending in a court of equity
- in exchange — in return
- in the face — head on, directly
- inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
- inauthentic — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
- inhabitance — place of residence; habitation.
- inhabitancy — place of residence; habitation.
- inhancement — Obsolete form of enhancement.
- inheritance — something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy.
- insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- interbranch — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- interchange — to put each in the place of the other: to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- intrathecal — Anatomy. situated within the thecal sac: covering the spinal cord.
- intrathymic — Within the thymus.
- intrenchant — not able to be cut
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- ipecacuanha — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
- john calvin — John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- kitchen tea — a prewedding party to which guests bring an item of kitchenware or other gifts for the bride; shower.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.