10-letter words containing n, e, p, h
- cheapening — Present participle of cheapen.
- cheapernet — (networking) (Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable".
- checkpoint — A checkpoint is a place where traffic is stopped so that it can be checked.
- chickenpox — Chickenpox is a disease which gives you a high temperature and red spots that itch.
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chimpanzee — A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- chippering — Present participle of chipper.
- chirpiness — The state or quality of being chirpy.
- chokepoint — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chopfallen — chapfallen
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- chronopher — an instrument for transmitting time signals electronically.
- cinephiles — Plural form of cinephile.
- clientship — the state of being a client
- clomiphene — a drug that stimulates the production of egg cells in the ovary: used to treat infertility in women
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- collophane — a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- ctenophore — any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.
- dauphiness — dauphine.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- delphinine — a poisonous, white, crystalline alkaloid, C33H45NO9, found in the seeds of certain larkspurs
- delphinium — A delphinium is a garden plant which has a tall stem with blue flowers growing up it.
- delphinoid — a member of the genus Delphinoidea, of which dolphins and porpoises are members
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- dentiphone — (dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- didelphian — of or relating to an animal in the Didelphia subclass of mammals
- dienophile — (organic chemistry) A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
- dipchemeng — Diploma in Chemical Engineering
- diphenamid — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 16 H 17 ON, used to control weed growth on lawns and various croplands.
- diphosgene — a colorless liquid, C 2 Cl 4 O 2 , usually derived from methyl formate or methyl chloroformate by chlorination: a World War I poison gas now used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- disphenoid — bisphenoid.
- displenish — to remove furnishings or supplies from
- docentship — privatdocent.
- duennaship — The role or status of duenna.
- ecphonesis — the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”.
- eightpence — (historical, currency) A former coin worth eight pence.
- eightpenny — costing eight pennies
- encephalic — of or relating to the brain
- encephalo- — indicating the brain