10-letter words containing s, c, h, n, e
- horse corn — field corn.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hystricine — Like or pertaining to porcupines.
- incohesive — Not cohesive.
- increaseth — Archaic third-person singular form of increase.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- intrenches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intrench.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- keypunches — Plural form of keypunch.
- kitschness — the quality of being kitsch
- lancashire — a county in NW England. 1174 sq. mi. (3040 sq. km).
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- machinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of machinate.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- manchester — a city in NW England: connected with the Mersey estuary by a ship canal (35½ mi. [57 km] long).
- manichaeus — Mani
- manicheism — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- mechanised — to make mechanical.
- mechanisms — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanists — Plural form of mechanist.
- mechanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mechanize.
- mesenchyme — cells of mesodermal origin that are capable of developing into connective tissues, blood, and lymphatic and blood vessels.
- mischances — Plural form of mischance.
- mischannel — to channel wrongly
- mischanter — mishanter.
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- munchausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- nephoscope — an instrument for determining the speed and direction of cloud motion.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- nuthatches — Plural form of nuthatch.
- ohnosecond — (unit, humour) (Presumably a play on "nanosecond") The miniscule time it takes to realize that you've just made a BIG mistake like typing rm -rf * in the wrong directory. Seen in Elizabeth P. Crowe's book, "The Electronic Traveller."
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- parischane — a parish
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phonoscope — an instrument for making visible the motions or properties of a sounding body.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal