9-letter words containing a, c, h, e, r
- chelators — Plural form of chelator.
- chelicera — one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- cheralite — a rare monazite mineral consisting of thorium and calcium
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- cherkassy — city & port in central Ukraine, on the Dnepr River: pop. 302,000
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chiarezza — clarity
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- chickaree — another name for American red squirrel
- childcare — Childcare refers to looking after children, and to the facilities which help parents to do so.
- chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
- chimaeric — (of a molecule) having two genetically different components
- chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
- chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
- chloracne — a disfiguring skin disease that results from contact with or ingestion or inhalation of certain chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chlorella — any microscopic unicellular green alga of the genus Chlorella: some species are used in the preparation of human food
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- chordates — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- chromagen — (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein.
- chromakey — (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- clarthead — a slow-witted or stupid person
- clathrate — resembling a net or lattice
- clearchus — died 401? b.c.; Spartan general
- cleithral — (of Greek temples) covered with a roof
- codeshare — (aviation) Agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cothamore — a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
- crackhead — a person addicted to the drug crack
- cranreuch — a hoarfrost
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- crushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- cybercash — Funds used in electronic financial transactions, especially over the Internet.
- cyberchat — Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
- cyberhack — Computers. hack1 (def 22b).
- cyberrhea — (humour, jargon) /si:'ber-eer/ An affliction of some word processor users; excessive frequency and looseness of productivity. Particularly virulent among those who have not discovered the fortifying virtues of revision.
- cytherean — of or relating to Cytherea.
- debaucher — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
- decahedra — plural form of singular decahedron: solid figure with ten plane faces