10-letter words containing n, e, d, h
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- brunnhilde — the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Compare Siegfried.
- buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
- bundeswehr — the armed forces of Germany.
- cackhanded — left-handed
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- caseharden — to form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
- challenged — If you say that someone is challenged in a particular way, you mean that they have a disability in that area. Challenged is often combined with inappropriate words for humorous effect.
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- chandlerly — like, or pertaining to, a chandler
- channelled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- chargehand — a workman whose grade of responsibility is just below that of a foreman
- chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- chen duxiu — 1879–1942, Chinese intellectual, journalist, and cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party.
- chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
- children's — a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
- chinandega — a city in W Nicaragua.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
- choke down — to swallow with difficulty
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chundering — vomit.
- chunderous — nauseating
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- commendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of commend.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- cynghanedd — a complex system of rhyme and alliteration used in Welsh verse
- dance hall — Dance halls were large rooms or buildings where people used to pay to go and dance, usually in the evening.
- date-night — an evening social date on which a married or long-term couple go out together: I enjoy a once-a-week date night with my husband.
- dauphiness — dauphine.
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- deaconhood — the position of a deacon
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.