10-letter words containing s, h, i, t, n
- chain shot — cannon shot comprising two balls or half balls joined by a chain, much used formerly, esp in naval warfare to destroy rigging
- chastening — A chastening experience makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
- chastising — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chatelains — Plural form of chatelain.
- chattiness — characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters: a long, chatty letter from my sister.
- chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- chestiness — The quality of being chesty.
- chieftains — Plural form of chieftain.
- chin strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chin-strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chinstraps — Plural form of chinstrap.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondritis — a swelling and tenderness of cartilage
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- citizenish — Of the nature of citizens.
- clientship — the state of being a client
- clisthenes — Cleisthenes
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- consisteth — Archaic third-person singular form of consist.
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- crutchings — the wool clipped from a sheep's hindquarters
- dianthuses — Plural form of dianthus.
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- diphthongs — Phonetics. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
- disburthen — (obsolete) disburden.
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenthral — disenthrall.
- dish night — (formerly) a night, usually held weekly, when a movie theater distributed a free dish or piece of chinaware to each patron as an inducement to visit the theater.
- dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dishonesty — lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
- disinherit — Law. to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
- disinhibit — Make (someone or something) less inhibited.
- disinthral — (transitive) To set free from thraldom or oppression.
- ditherings — Plural form of dithering.
- dithionous — as in dithionous acid
- docentship — privatdocent.
- downlights — Plural form of downlight.
- dystrophin — a protein, the absence of which is believed to cause muscular dystrophy
- earth sign — any of the three astrological signs, Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of practicality and interest in material things.
- earthiness — of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- earthlings — Plural form of earthling.
- earthshine — the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth.
- enlightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enlighten.
- enthesitis — (pathology) An inflammatory disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- enthusiasm — Intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- enthusiast — A person who is highly interested in a particular activity or subject.
- epenthesis — The insertion of a sound or letter within a word, e.g., the b in thimble.
- epibenthos — the animals and plants living on the sea bottom between the low tide level and a depth of 100 fathoms