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10-letter words containing i, n, h, a

  • photoaging — damage to the skin, as wrinkles or discoloration, caused by prolonged exposure to sunlight.
  • phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
  • phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
  • picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
  • picnic ham — a section of boned and smoked pork shoulder
  • pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
  • pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
  • pitchwoman — a female pitchman
  • plainchant — plainsong (defs 1, 2).
  • planigraph — an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.
  • poachiness — the state of being poachy
  • poison haw — a shrub, Viburnum molle, of the central U.S., having white flowers and bluish-black fruit.
  • polyhymnia — the Muse of sacred music and dance.
  • pranidhana — (in Mahayana Buddhism) the resolution not to enter nirvana until all beings are ready to enter.
  • prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
  • preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
  • prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
  • purchasing — buying
  • puschkinia — a small spring-flowering bulb, Puschkinia scilloides, of Asia Minor and the Caucasus, having white or pale blue flowers striped with dark blue
  • rachmanism — extortion or exploitation by a landlord of tenants of dilapidated or slum property, esp when involving intimidation or use of racial fears to drive out sitting tenants whose rent is fixed at a low rate
  • radiophone — a radiotelephone.
  • rain check — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
  • rajasthani — an Indic language, the vernacular of Rajasthan.
  • ranch mink — a semiaquatic mink, Mustela vision, raised commercially for its fur.
  • rangership — the office or position of a ranger
  • ratcheting — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
  • ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
  • razor-thin — A razor-thin majority or profit is a very small one.
  • re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
  • rehandling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • rehumanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
  • reichsbank — the former German national bank.
  • rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
  • reteaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
  • revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
  • rhinolalia — a nasal tone to the voice which is caused by a defect in the nasal passages
  • rhinophyma — a red-coloured bump or bumps on the nose which form as a result of enlarged sebaceous glands and rosacea
  • rhinorrhea — an excessive discharge of mucus from the nose.
  • rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
  • rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
  • richardsonHenry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
  • right bank — a part of Paris, France, on the N bank of the Seine.
  • right-hand — on the right.
  • ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
  • ritschlian — of or relating to the theology of Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89), who developed a liberal Christian theology and maintained that religious faith is based on value judgments.
  • rockinghamSecond Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
  • ruffianish — like a ruffian
  • saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
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