8-letter words containing c, a, h, i
- chiastic — characterized by chiasmus.
- chibchan — a family of Indian languages found in Colombia and elsewhere in South America
- chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
- chicanes — Plural form of chicane.
- chicanos — of or relating to Mexican-Americans or their culture.
- chichewa — the language of the Chewa people of central Africa, widely used as a lingua franca in Malawi. It belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
- chickpea — Chickpeas are hard round seeds that look like pale-brown peas. They can be cooked and eaten.
- chiclayo — a city in NW Peru. Pop: 434 000 (2005 est)
- chigetai — a variety of the Asiatic wild ass, Equus hemionus, of Mongolia
- chiliasm — belief in the coming of the millennium
- chiliast — (Christianity) One who believes that Jesus will reign over Earth for a thousand years.
- chillada — a kind of fried patty
- chimaera — any tapering smooth-skinned cartilaginous deep-sea fish of the subclass Holocephali (or Bradyodonti), esp any of the genus Chimaera. They have a skull in which the upper jaw is fused to the cranium
- chimango — Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
- chimenea — An earthenware outdoor fireplace shaped like a light bulb, with the bulbous end housing the fire and typically supported by a wrought-iron stand.
- chimeral — Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses).
- chimeras — Plural form of chimera.
- chiminea — a free-standing outdoor fireplace with a rounded body
- chin-wag — to engage in informal or idle conversation; chat or gossip
- chinaman — a native or inhabitant of China
- chinampa — an artificially created island used for growing crops in Mexican or in Mesoamerican agriculture
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- chinghai — Qinghai
- chingola — a town in N central Zambia.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chinkara — an Indian gazelle, Gazella gazella bennetti
- chioggia — a city in NE Italy, on an island at the S end of the Lagoon of Venice.
- chip art — microchip art
- chip pan — a deep pan for frying potato chips, etc
- chiphead — (slang) A microchip expert.
- chippage — the fact or an instance of chipping: The pottery could not be insured against chippage.
- chippewa — Ojibwa
- chiquita — a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “small.”.
- chiragra — a form of gout that occurs in the hands
- chirally — In a chiral manner; exhibiting chirality; like a left- or right-handed spiral.
- chisinau — the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est)
- chitchat — Chitchat is informal talk about things that are not very important.
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- chivaree — shivaree.
- choaking — Present participle of choak.
- choanoid — (anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals.
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- chokidar — (in India) a warden, custodian, or gatekeeper
- choliamb — an imperfect iambic metre, with a spondee as the last foot
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- chorioma — any benign or malignant tumor of chorionic tissue; choriocarcinoma.
- chrismal — Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians