10-letter words containing i, n, t, h
- bowhunting — the practice of hunting wild animals with bow and arrow
- branchiate — having gills.
- breathe in — When you breathe in, you take some air into your lungs.
- brightener — a person or thing that brightens.
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- bronchitic — acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- brownshirt — Nazi stormtrooper
- 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
- cachinnate — to laugh loudly
- 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
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- 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
- chain shot — cannon shot comprising two balls or half balls joined by a chain, much used formerly, esp in naval warfare to destroy rigging
- chainplate — a metal plate on the side of a vessel, to which the shrouds are attached
- chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
- chartering — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- chastening — A chastening experience makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
- chastising — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chatelaine — A chatelaine is the female owner, or the wife of the owner, of a castle or large country house.
- chatelains — Plural form of chatelain.
- chattering — rapid and continuous talk
- chattiness — characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters: a long, chatty letter from my sister.
- chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- check into — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- checkpoint — A checkpoint is a place where traffic is stopped so that it can be checked.
- chestiness — The quality of being chesty.
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- chief town — a town or city that is the administrative centre of a region
- chieftains — Plural form of chieftain.
- chilognath — any member of the diplopod subclass Chilognatha, including millipedes having exoskeletons heavily sclerotized with calcium carbonate.
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chin strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chin-strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- chinstraps — Plural form of chinstrap.
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chittagong — a port in E Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal: industrial centre. Pop: 4 171 000 (2005 est)
- chittering — a chirping noise