10-letter words containing i, n, h, a
- birth name — the surname given a person at birth.
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- bone china — Bone china is a kind of thin china that contains powdered bone.
- brahmanism — the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism, characterized by diversified pantheism, the caste system, and the sacrifices and family ceremonies of Hindu tradition
- brahminism — Brahmanism
- brainchild — Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
- branchiate — having gills.
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- breathe in — When you breathe in, you take some air into your lungs.
- brigandish — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brno chair — an armchair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless steel composed of two interlocking parts, one forming the legs and arms and the other the seat and back frame, with the back and seat lightly upholstered and usually covered with leather.
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- bull chain — a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill.
- cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
- cache line — (storage) (Or cache block) The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache. Rather than reading a single word or byte from main memory at a time, each cache entry is usually holds a certain number of words, known as a "cache line" or "cache block" and a whole line is read and cached at once. This takes advantage of the principle of locality of reference: if one location is read then nearby locations (particularly following locations) are likely to be read soon afterward. It can also take advantage of page-mode DRAM which allows faster access to consecutive locations.
- cachinnate — to laugh loudly
- cacophonic — Discordant.
- caipirinha — A Brazilian cocktail made with cachaca, lime or lemon juice, sugar, and crushed ice.
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- cane chair — a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane.
- canophilia — the love of dogs
- canophobia — an abnormal fear of dogs
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
- carthamine — a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
- cash in on — to get profit or profitable use from
- cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- cat-harpin — any of a number of short ropes or rods for gathering in shrouds near their tops.
- cataphonic — catacoustic or of or relating to cataphonics
- catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
- catchbasin — Alternative form of catch-basin.
- catchiness — The state or quality of being catchy.
- catfishing — Present participle of catfish.
- cathecting — Present participle of cathect.
- cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
- catholicon — a remedy for all ills; panacea
- cavaquinho — A small, four-stringed guitar resembling a ukulele, popular in Brazil and Portugal.
- cephalexin — a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
- cephalonia — a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles)
- ch'ing hai — a lake in W central China, in NE Qinghai province. 2300 sq. mi. (5950 sq. km).
- ch'ing-hai — Qing Hai.
- chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
- chaffingly — in a rallying yet light-hearted manner