10-letter words containing n, o, h, m
- chilomonad — any of the colorless protozoalike algae of the genus Chilomonas (phylum Cryptophyta), chiefly saprozoic flagellates found in fresh waters that have become stagnant: popular in laboratory studies.
- chilomonas — a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads.
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chirognomy — the study of the hand in order to discern a person's nature or future events
- chiromancy — palmistry
- chironomer — a person who is skilled in chironomy
- chironomic — relating to chironomy
- chironomid — a member of the Chironomidae, a family of nonbiting midges
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromogens — Plural form of chromogen.
- chromonema — a coiled chromatin thread within a single chromosome
- chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
- chronogram — a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L, and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
- cinchonism — a condition resulting from an excessive dose of cinchona bark or its alkaloids, characterized chiefly by headache, ringing in the ears, and vomiting
- clomiphene — a drug that stimulates the production of egg cells in the ovary: used to treat infertility in women
- cochairman — a person who cochairs an organization
- cochampion — a joint champion
- comanchean — of or relating to the early part of the Cretaceous system and period
- comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- commendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of commend.
- commonhold — a form of property tenure in which each flat in a multi-occupancy building is individually wholly owned and common areas are jointly owned
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- conchiform — shaped like a shell
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- den mother — a woman who supervises meetings of a den of Cub Scouts
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- disharmony — lack of harmony; discord.
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- earthwoman — a female inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthwomen — Plural form of earthwoman.
- 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.
- eighteenmo — Octodecimo (as a paper size in printing).
- endomorphs — Plural form of endomorph.
- endotherms — Plural form of endotherm.
- endothermy — (biology) A form of thermoregulation in which heat is generated by the organism's metabolism.
- enharmonic — Of or relating to notes that are the same in pitch (in modern tuning) though bearing different names (e.g., F sharp and G flat or B and C flat).
- enomotarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The commander of an enomoty.
- enthraldom — the condition of being enthralled
- epiphonema — an exclamation that concludes a discourse
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- erímanthos — a mountain in SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese. Height: 2224 m (7297 ft)
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- euphoniums — Plural form of euphonium.
- exhumation — The act of digging up that which has been buried.