9-letter words containing c, h, a, n, e
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- inchanted — Simple past tense and past participle of inchant.
- interarch — to have intersecting arches
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- manchette — armpad.
- manichean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicheus — Manes.
- marchpane — marzipan.
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- mechanics — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- mechanise — to make mechanical.
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanist — a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
- mechanize — to make mechanical.
- megachain — A very large and successful chain (group of stores or businesses).
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
- mumchance — Mute, or not speaking; silent.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- namecheck — A public mention or listing of the name of a person or thing such as a product, especially in acknowledgment or for publicity purposes.
- neat hack — 1. A clever technique. 2. A brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value. Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch. See also hack.
- neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- newchwang — Niuzhuang.
- niah cave — a limestone cave in Sarawak, Borneo, the site of the discovery of one of the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens skulls, dated c38,000 b.c.
- oenanthic — having a smell that is similar to wine
- offenbach — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1819–80, French composer.
- pachynema — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- pachytene — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- perchance — Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
- phaeacian — an island nation on the shores of which Odysseus was shipwrecked and discovered by Nausicaä.
- phenacite — a rare vitreous mineral, beryllium silicate, Be 2 SiO 4 , occurring in crystals, sometimes used as a gem.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- raincheck — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- rancheria — a family household unit or settlement.
- rancherie — an Indian village or settlement, especially one located on a reserve.