8-letter words containing a, h, n
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- chalonic — of or relating to a chalone
- chamfron — a piece of armour for a horse's head
- chamonix — a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9514 (2006)
- champian — A plain; a flat expanse of land; a champaign.
- champing — to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently: The horses champed the oats.
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- chancels — Plural form of chancel.
- chancers — Plural form of chancer.
- chancery — In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor's court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice.
- chancier — Comparative form of chancy.
- chancily — In a chancy manner.
- chancing — the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all.
- chandler — a dealer in a specified trade or merchandise
- chanfron — a piece of plate armor for defending a horse's head.
- changers — Plural form of changer.
- changeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'change'.
- changeup — Alternative form of change-up.
- changhua — city in W Taiwan: pop. 186,000
- changing — not remaining the same; transient
- changkol — A type of hoe.
- changsha — a port in SE China, capital of Hunan province, on the Xiang River. Pop: 2 051 000 (2005 est)
- changteh — Changde
- chanking — to eat noisily or greedily.
- channels — Plural form of channel.
- channery — an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 inches (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
- channing — ˈWilliam Ellery (ˈɛləri ) ; elˈərē) 1780-1842; U.S. Unitarian leader & social critic
- chansons — Plural form of chanson.
- chantage — the use of threats to extort money; blackmail
- chantant — melodious; tuneful.
- chanters — Plural form of chanter.
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- chanteys — Plural form of chantey.
- chanting — Say or shout repeatedly in a sing-song tone.
- chanukah — Chanukah is the same as Hanukkah.
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- chaplain — A chaplain is a member of the Christian clergy who does religious work in a place such as a hospital, school, prison, or in the armed forces.
- chapping — Present participle of chap.
- characin — any small carnivorous freshwater cyprinoid fish of the family Characidae, of Central and South America and Africa. They are similar to the carps but more brightly coloured
- charanga — a type of orchestra used in performing traditional Cuban music
- charango — an Andean ten-stringed instrument of the lute family
- charente — a department of W central France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: Angoulême. Pop: 341 275 (2003 est). Area: 5972 sq km (2329 sq miles)
- charging — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charking — charcoal (def 1).
- charlene — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- charlyne — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charmian — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “source of joy.”.
- charming — If you say that something is charming, you mean that it is very pleasant or attractive.