10-letter words containing s, c, h, o, n
- histrionic — of or relating to actors or acting.
- homunculus — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- honorifics — Plural form of honorific.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horse corn — field corn.
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- in cahoots — go cahoots, to share equally; become partners: They went cahoots in the establishment of the store. Also, go in cahoot with, go in cahoots.
- incohesive — Not cohesive.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- isochronon — A clock designed to keep very accurate time.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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.
- 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.
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- minischool — an alternative educational institution, usually offering specialized or individual instruction.
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monarchism — the principles of monarchy.
- monarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- monochasia — Plural form of monochasium.
- monochords — Plural form of monochord.
- monophasic — having one phase.
- monorchism — a prenatal or postnatal condition in which one testis is absent or has not descended into the scrotum.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- nephoscope — an instrument for determining the speed and direction of cloud motion.
- nicholas i — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
- nicholas v — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
- notochords — Plural form of notochord.
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- ochronosis — An autosomal-recessive metabolic disorder that causes an excess of homogentisic acid, resulting in adverse pigmentation, calcification, and inflammation of cartilaginous and related tissue throughout the body.
- 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
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phonoscope — an instrument for making visible the motions or properties of a sounding body.
- phosphonic — of or relating to phosponic acid or anything derived from it
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.