7-letter words containing c, h, a, e
- cowhage — a tropical, leguminous vine (Mucuna pruriens) bearing pods covered with fine barbed hairs that easily penetrate animal or human skin, causing intense itching: some strains are grown for forage
- crashed — to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces.
- crasher — to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces.
- crashes — Plural form of crash.
- cuphead — a hemispherical bolt-head
- cythera — a Greek island off the SE coast of the Peloponnese: in ancient times a centre of the worship of Aphrodite. Pop: 3354 (2001). Area: about 285 sq km (110 sq miles)
- debauch — to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
- dechead — /dek'hed/ 1. A DEC field servoid. Not flattering. 2. ["deadhead"] A Grateful Dead fan working at DEC.
- didache — a treatise, perhaps of the 1st or early 2nd century ad, on Christian morality and practices
- earache — pain in the ear; otalgia.
- ebauche — a rough sketch or initial version
- echappe — a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps from the fifth position and lands on the toes or the balls of the feet in the second position.
- echidna — Also called spiny anteater. any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines.
- eckhart — Johannes [yoh-hah-nuh s] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs/ (Show IPA), ("Meister Eckhart") c1260–1327? Dominican theologian and preacher: founder of German mysticism.
- ecthyma — a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats and occasionally of humans, marked by vesicular and pustular lesions on the lips.
- edaphic — related to or caused by particular soil conditions, as of texture or drainage, rather than by physiographic or climatic factors.
- enchafe — to heat up; irritate
- enchain — Bind with or as with chains.
- enchant — Fill (someone) with great delight; charm.
- encharm — to enchant; bewitch
- enchase — Decorate (a piece of jewelry or work of art) by inlaying, engraving, or carving.
- encoach — (transitive, archaic) To place or carry in a coach.
- endarch — (of a xylem strand) having the first-formed xylem internal to that formed later
- enhance — Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
- eparchs — Plural form of eparch.
- eparchy — A province of the Orthodox Church.
- epochal — Forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.
- eschars — Plural form of eschar.
- escheat — The reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner’s dying without legal heirs.
- etchant — An acid or corrosive chemical used in etching; a mordant.
- ethical — Of or relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.
- ethnica — Plural form of ethnicon.
- exarchs — Plural form of exarch.
- galoche — Alternative spelling of galoshe.
- ganache — a whipped frosting or filling made with semisweet chocolate and cream, used for cakes, pastries, and candies.
- gertcha — get out of here!
- gouache — a technique of painting with opaque watercolors prepared with gum.
- hachure — one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief.
- hackers — Plural form of hacker.
- hackery — journalism; hackwork
- hackies — Plural form of hackie.
- hackled — Simple past tense and past participle of hackle.
- hackler — one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- hackles — one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- hackmen — Plural form of hackman.
- hackney — Also called hackney coach. a carriage or coach for hire; cab.
- haeckel — Ernst Heinrich [ernst hahyn-rikh] /ɛrnst ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1834–1919, German biologist and philosopher of evolution.
- halleck — Fitz-Green [fits-green,, fits-green] /ˈfɪtsˌgrin,, fɪtsˈgrin/ (Show IPA), 1790–1867, U.S. poet.
- hanches — Plural form of hanch.
- harlech — a town in N Wales, in Gwynedd: noted for its ruined 13th-century castle overlooking Cardigan Bay: tourism. Pop: 1233 (2001)