10-letter words containing n, a, c, h, e, s
- mischannel — to channel wrongly
- mischanter — mishanter.
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- munchausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- nuthatches — Plural form of nuthatch.
- parischane — a parish
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- ranshackle — to ransack
- reichsbank — the former German national bank.
- 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.
- saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
- sea change — a striking change, as in appearance, often for the better.
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- seannachie — a Gaelic storyteller in the Scottish Highlands or in Ireland
- secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
- sex change — the alteration, by surgery and hormone treatments, of a person's physical sex characteristics to approximate those of the opposite sex: Born male, she now lives as a woman but has no plans for a sex change.
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
- side chain — a group of atoms bound to an atom, usually a carbon, that forms part of a larger chain or ring in a molecule
- snaphaunce — an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- stanchless — not to be stanched.
- stanchness — the state or quality of being staunch
- staunchest — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- the canvas — the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring
- unchastely — in an unchaste manner
- unsearched — not sought after
- unstanched — unsatisfied