7-letter words containing a, c, h
- chiapas — a state of S Mexico: mountainous and forested; Maya ruins in the northeast; rich mineral resources. Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Pop: 3 920 515 (2000). Area: 73 887 sq km (28 816 sq miles)
- chiasma — the cross-shaped connection produced by the crossing over of pairing chromosomes during meiosis
- chiasmi — Plural form of chiasmus.
- chibcha — a member of a South American Indian people that lived in central Colombia and had a highly developed civilization
- chicago — a port in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan: the third largest city in the US; it is a major railway and air traffic centre. Pop: 2 869 121 (2003 est)
- chicana — A Chicana is an American girl or woman whose family originally came from Mexico.
- chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- chicano — A chicano is an American citizen, whose family originally came from Mexico.
- chikara — the attribute of might or force
- chilcat — Chilkat.
- chilean — of or relating to Chile or its inhabitants
- chiliad — a group of one thousand
- chilian — A chiliarch; the commander or chief of a thousand men.
- chilkat — a member of an Indian people of the Pacific coastal area of southeastern Alaska belonging to the Tlingit group of Indians.
- chillan — a city in central Chile. Pop: 149 000 (2005 est)
- chillax — If you chillax, you relax and stop being angry or anxious.
- chiluba — Frederick, 1943–2011, president of Zambia 1991–2002.
- chimera — A chimera is an unrealistic idea that you have about something or a hope that you have that is unlikely to be fulfilled.
- chinars — Plural form of chinar.
- chindia — China and India considered together in economic and strategic terms
- chingma — the fiber of the Indian mallow.
- chinwag — a chat or gossipy conversation
- chivari — shivaree.
- chkalov — former name of Orenburg.
- chlamys — a short woollen cloak, secured on the right shoulder, worn by ancient Greek men and soldiers
- chloral — a colourless oily liquid with a pungent odour, made from chlorine and acetaldehyde and used in preparing chloral hydrate and DDT; trichloroacetaldehyde
- chobdar — a macebearer or attendant of a king or eminent dignitary in India
- choctaw — a member of a Native American people of Alabama
- chogyal — the title of the ruler of Sikkim
- cholate — a cholic acid salt
- cholera — Cholera is a serious disease that often kills people. It is caused by drinking infected water or by eating infected food.
- chollas — Plural form of cholla.
- cholula — a town in S Mexico, in Puebla state: ancient ruins, notably a pyramid, 53 m (177 ft) high. Pop: 82 964 (2005)
- chorale — A chorale is a piece of music sung as part of a church service.
- chorals — Plural form of choral.
- chordal — of, relating to, or resembling a chord.
- chorial — Embryology. the outermost of the extraembryonic membranes of land vertebrates, contributing to the formation of the placenta in the placental mammals.
- chronal — Of or pertaining to time.
- chuddar — a large shawl or veil worn by Muslim or Hindu women that covers them from head to foot
- chukars — Plural form of chukar.
- chuleta — a cutlet or chop.
- chumash — a printed book containing one of the Five Books of Moses
- chuppah — the canopy under which a marriage is performed
- churban — the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians in 587 bc and again by the Romans in 70 ad
- chutzpa — unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
- chuvash — a Turkic ethnic people living chiefly in the middle Volga region of Russia
- cithara — a stringed musical instrument of ancient Greece and elsewhere, similar to the lyre and played with a plectrum
- clachan — a small village; hamlet
- clashed — Simple past tense and past participle of clash.
- clasher — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.