10-letter words containing n, o, h, e
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- 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.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- decahedron — a solid figure having ten plane faces
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- deerhounds — Plural form of deerhound.
- deinothere — a member of the genus Deinotherium
- delphinoid — a member of the genus Delphinoidea, of which dolphins and porpoises are members
- den mother — a woman who supervises meetings of a den of Cub Scouts
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- denis howe — (person) Denis B. Howe (1960 -) Editor of the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
- dentiphone — (dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
- dethroning — Present participle of dethrone.
- devonshire — 8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dienophile — (organic chemistry) A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
- dihydrogen — (chemistry) The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions.
- 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.
- disherison — disinheritance.
- dishonesty — lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
- dishonored — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- dishonorer — (American spelling) Alternative form of dishonourer.
- disphenoid — bisphenoid.
- dithionate — a salt of dithionic acid.
- dithionite — any salt of dithionous acid
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- docentship — privatdocent.
- doorhandle — A door handle.
- douchiness — (slang, derogatory) The quality of being douchey or douchy; objectionableness.
- doughiness — the quality or characteristic of being like dough
- dovishness — The quality of being a dove (as opposed to a hawk).
- downhiller — a skier who competes in downhill races, especially in the downhill.
- downwashes — Plural form of downwash.
- dragonhead — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- dutch oven — a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
- earth tone — any of various warm, muted colors ranging basically from neutral to deep brown.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- earthwoman — a female inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthwomen — Plural form of earthwoman.
- echeloning — Present participle of echelon.
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- ecphonesis — the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”.
- eighteenmo — Octodecimo (as a paper size in printing).
- eisenhower — Dwight David, known as Ike. 1890–1969, US general and Republican statesman; Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1943–45) and 34th president of the US (1953–61). He commanded Allied forces in Europe and North Africa (1942), directed the invasion of Italy (1943), and was Supreme Commander of the combined land forces of NATO (1950–52)
- encephalo- — indicating the brain