10-letter words containing n, o, s, h
- inhabitors — Plural form of inhabitor.
- inhalators — Plural form of inhalator.
- inheritors — a person who inherits; heir.
- inhibitors — Plural form of inhibitor.
- inholdings — Plural form of inholding.
- inshore of — nearer than (something else) to the shore
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- ionophores — Plural form of ionophore.
- ionosphere — the region of the earth's atmosphere between the stratosphere and the exosphere, consisting of several ionized layers and extending from about 50 to 250 miles (80 to 400 km) above the surface of the earth.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- iron horse — a locomotive.
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- isochronon — A clock designed to keep very accurate time.
- isohalines — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- john jakes — John, born 1932, U.S. novelist.
- john smith — Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
- johnsonese — a literary style characterized by rhetorically balanced, often pompous phraseology and an excessively Latinate vocabulary: so called from the style of writing practiced by Samuel Johnson.
- johnsonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Samuel Johnson or his works.
- join hands — clasp each another's hands
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- know-hows' — knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
- korn shell — (ksh) A command interpreter for Unix.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- krummhorns — Plural form of krummhorn.
- lederhosen — Leather shorts with H-shaped suspenders, traditionally worn by men in Alpine regions such as Bavaria.
- lemon fish — the cobia.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- loan shark — a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- lock horns — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- loincloths — Plural form of loincloth.
- long horse — vaulting horse.
- long house — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- long johns — long underwear, especially for winter use.
- longhouses — Plural form of longhouse.
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- madonnaish — resembling a Madonna
- mahoganies — Plural form of mahogany.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- matosinhos — a port in N Portugal, on the estuary of the Leça River north of Oporto: fishing industry. Pop: 167 026 (2001)
- megaphones — Plural form of megaphone.
- mendelsohn — Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1887–1953, German architect in England and in the U.S.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mesolonghi — Missolonghi.