10-letter words that end in ne
- house wine — a wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- housephone — a telephone, used for making calls within a hotel or apartment house, that does not have a direct line to an exchange and whose calls are routed through the building's switchboard.
- hucklebone — hipbone.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hycanthone — A particular schistosomicide, a metabolite of lucanthone.
- hydrastine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 21 NO 6 , that is extracted from the roots of goldenseal and forms prismatic crystals: used as an astringent and to inhibit uterine bleeding.
- hydrophane — a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water.
- hydrophone — a device for locating sources of sound under water, as for detecting submarines by the noise of their engines.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hyoid bone — the horseshoe-shaped bone that lies at the base of the tongue and above the thyroid cartilage or a corresponding bone or group of bones in other vertebrates
- hyperplane — a subspace of a vector space that has dimension one less than the dimension of the vector space.
- hystricine — Like or pertaining to porcupines.
- imipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant, C 19 H 24 N 2 , used for the symptomatic relief of depression.
- interphone — an intercommunication system using telephones to connect offices, stations, etc., as in a building or ship; intercom.
- intertwine — Twist or twine together.
- ion engine — a type of rocket engine in which thrust is obtained by the electrostatic acceleration of charged positive ions
- iridosmine — a native alloy of iridium and osmium, usually containing some rhodium, ruthenium, platinum, etc., used especially for the points of gold pens.
- isocyanine — a member of the group of cyanine dyes.
- isoflavone — a phytoestrogen produced chiefly by plants of the legume family, especially soybeans, potentially useful in lowering cholesterol and in treating some cancers and menopausal symptoms.
- isoflurane — a volatile, halogenated ether, C 3 H 2 ClF 5 O, used as a general anesthetic in surgery.
- isoleucine — a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 13 O 2 , occurring in proteins, that is essential to the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: I. Abbreviation: Ile;
- jack plane — a plane for rough surfacing.
- jacqueline — a female given name.
- jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases.
- john wayne — Anthony ("Mad Anthony") 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.
- jugal bone — (in humans) cheekbone (def 1).
- kincardine — a former county in E Scotland.
- kudzu vine — a fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine, Pueraria lobata, of the legume family, now widespread in the southern U.S., having tuberous, starchy roots and stems: used for fiber, as food and forage, and to prevent soil erosion.
- lacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- lamivudine — (medicine) A nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor, 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine that is used for the treatment of HIV and chronic hepatitis B.
- land-damne — to make life unbearable for someone
- large cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- laugh line — crow's-foot (def 1).
- leech line — a line for hauling the middle of a leech of a square sail up to the yard.
- leger line — ledger line (def 1).
- lemon vine — Barbados gooseberry (def 1).
- leucomaine — any of a group of toxic amines produced during animal metabolism
- level line — contour line.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- light line — the line or level to which a ship or boat sinks when fully supplied with fuel and ballast but without cargo.
- lightplane — a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.
- lignocaine — lidocaine.
- limicoline — shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to numerous birds of the families Charadriidae, comprising the plovers, and Scolopacidae, comprising the sandpipers.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- lithophone — a Chinese stone chime consisting of 16 stone slabs hung in two rows and struck with a hammer.
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- love scene — a play or film scene in which characters make love
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.