10-letter words containing i, n, h
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- buffoonish — resembling or in the manner of a buffoon
- bull chain — a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill.
- bumpkinish — like a bumpkin
- bunch pink — sweet william.
- bunny hill — a nursery slope
- bush knife — a large heavy knife suitable for outdoor use
- bushelling — alteration of clothes
- butt hinge — a hinge made of two matching leaves, one recessed into a door and the other into the jamb so that they are in contact when the door is shut
- 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.
- censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
- 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
- chagrining — Present participle of chagrin.
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chain fern — any of several ferns of the genus Woodwardia, having a chainlike row of sori on either side of the midrib of each fertile leaflet.
- chain gang — In the United States, a chain gang is a group of prisoners who are chained together to do work outside their prison. Chain gangs existed especially in former times.
- chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
- chain mail — Chain mail is a kind of armour made from small metal rings joined together so that they look like cloth.