8-letter words containing a, c, h, i, s
- chasidic — Hasid.
- chasidim — Hasidim
- chasings — a design chased on metal.
- chasting — Present participle of chast.
- chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- chastity — the state of being chaste; purity
- chastize — Alternative form of chastise.
- cheapish — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- chiantis — Plural form of chianti.
- chiasmas — Plural form of chiasma.
- chiasmic — Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- chiasmus — reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases
- chiastic — characterized by chiasmus.
- chicanes — Plural form of chicane.
- chicanos — of or relating to Mexican-Americans or their culture.
- chiliasm — belief in the coming of the millennium
- chiliast — (Christianity) One who believes that Jesus will reign over Earth for a thousand years.
- chimeras — Plural form of chimera.
- chisinau — the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est)
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chrismal — Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
- citharas — Plural form of cithara.
- clannish — If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.
- clanship — an association of families under the leadership of a chieftain
- clashier — Comparative form of clashy.
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- coarsish — quite coarse
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- crabbish — Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
- crankish — mildly eccentric
- crashing — (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
- crawfish — A crawfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.
- crayfish — A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
- dichasia — Plural form of dichasium.
- digicash — (company) A company, started in April 1990, which aims to develop and license products to support electronic payment methods including chip card, software only, and hybrid.
- diphasic — having two phases; two-phase.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- eisenach — a city in central Germany, in Thuringia: birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach. Pop: 44 081 (2003 est)
- enchains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enchain.
- eucharis — any amaryllidaceous plant of the South American genus Eucharis, cultivated for their large white fragrant flowers
- ezechias — a king of Judah ?715–?687 bc, noted for his religious reforms (II Kings 18–19)
- fasching — a carnival celebration that precedes Lent in German-speaking countries and communities; Shrovetide.
- fishcake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- fuchsias — Plural form of fuchsia.
- graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
- hamlisch — Marvin. 1944–2012, US composer, best known for the musical A Chorus Line (1975)
- helicase — any of the enzymes that use the energy derived from the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to unwind the double-stranded helical structure of nucleic acids: RNA and DNA helicases.