8-letter words containing c, a, h, i
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- catch it — to be scolded or reprimanded
- catching — If an illness or a disease is catching, it is easily passed on or given to someone else.
- catechin — a soluble yellow solid substance found in catechu and mahogany wood and used in tanning and dyeing. Formula: C15H14O6
- catfight — A catfight is an angry fight or quarrel, especially between women.
- cathexis — concentration of psychic energy on a single goal
- cathisma — a short hymn used as a response
- cathodic — pertaining to a cathode or phenomena in its vicinity.
- catholic — The Catholic Church is the branch of the Christian Church that accepts the Pope as its leader and is based in the Vatican in Rome.
- cavefish — any of various small freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the genera Amblyopsis, Chologaster, etc, living in subterranean and other waters in S North America
- cephalic — of or relating to the head
- cephalin — a phospholipid, similar to lecithin, that occurs in the nerve tissue and brain
- chabasie — Dated form of chabazite.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chadarim — plural of cheder.
- chadwick — Sir Edwin. 1800–90, British social reformer, known for his Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842)
- chaffier — consisting of, covered with, or resembling chaff.
- chaffing — good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
- chagatai — a Turkic literary language of medieval Central Asia.
- chagrins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin.
- chainage — a length as measured by a surveyor's chain or tape.
- chaining — Present participle of chain.
- chainlet — a small chain of hotels, shops, etc
- chainman — a person who does the chaining in a survey
- chainsaw — a motor-driven saw, usually portable, in which the cutting teeth form links in a continuous chain
- chairing — a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chairman — The chairman of a committee, organization, or company is the head of it.
- chairmen — the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chalcids — Plural form of chalcid.
- chaldaic — an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea; a Chaldean
- chaliced — (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers
- chalices — Plural form of chalice.
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- chalkpit — a quarry for chalk
- chalonic — of or relating to a chalone
- chamisal — a thicket or overgrowth of chamiso
- chamisos — Plural form of chamiso.
- 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.
- 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.
- changing — not remaining the same; transient
- chanking — to eat noisily or greedily.
- channing — ˈWilliam Ellery (ˈɛləri ) ; elˈərē) 1780-1842; U.S. Unitarian leader & social critic
- chanting — Say or shout repeatedly in a sing-song tone.
- chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order
- chaotics — (literature) A recent branch of literary and cultural studies based on chaos theory and the inherent structure of apparently chaotic systems.