9-letter words containing c, a, t, h
- archivist — An archivist is a person whose job is to collect, sort, and care for historical documents and records.
- archivolt — a moulding around an arch, sometimes decorated
- archontic — relating to an archon
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- arhythmic — Having no rhythm.
- aristarch — a severe critic.
- arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- asthmatic — People who suffer from asthma are sometimes referred to as asthmatics.
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- astrachan — a fur of young lambs, with lustrous, closely curled wool, from Astrakhan.
- at anchor — If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.
- athabasca — river rising in the Rocky Mountains of SW Alberta, Canada, and flowing northeast into Lake Athabasca: 765 mi (1,231 km)
- atheistic — Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God.
- athematic — not based on themes
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- attaching — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- auschwitz — an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)
- autarchic — absolute sovereignty.
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- bacchante — a priestess or female votary of Bacchus
- bacchants — Plural form of bacchant.
- backcloth — A backcloth is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery or buildings painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- bar chart — A bar chart is a graph which uses parallel rectangular shapes to represent changes in the size, value, or rate of something or to compare the amount of something relating to a number of different countries or groups.
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- batchmate — (India) classmate.
- bath chap — the lower part of the cheek of a pig, cooked and eaten, usually cold
- batrachia — amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
- beach hut — a hut used for changing, storing deckchairs, etc
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- birdwatch — to watch birds
- bitchface — Also called resting bitchface, bitchy resting face, chronic bitchface. (especially of a woman) a facial expression that does not consciously express a particular emotion but that others perceive as scowling, threatening, etc.: I can’t help that I have resting bitchface. Her face naturally goes into a bitchface, but I promise she’s super friendly. I’m not angry, I just have chronic bitch face. Abbreviation: RBF. (especially of a woman) a deliberate facial expression of anger or disgust, often employed to appear unapproachable: I put on my bitchface when I ride the train so creepy guys don’t talk to me. It’s important to perfect your bitchface.
- black hat — a computer hacker who carries out illegal malicious hacking work
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
- branchlet — a small branch
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- broach to — to turn or swing so that the beam faces the waves and wind and there is danger of swamping or capsizing
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buckwheat — Buckwheat is a type of small black grain used for feeding animals and making flour. Buckwheat also refers to the flour itself.
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.