8-letter words containing c, h, a, n, s
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- fasching — a carnival celebration that precedes Lent in German-speaking countries and communities; Shrovetide.
- fasnacht — a deep-fried raised doughnut; originally served on Shrove Tuesday as the last sweet treat before Lent.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- handcars — Plural form of handcar.
- haunches — the hip.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hispanic — Spanish.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- mishnaic — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- monarchs — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- nachlass — remains (sense 4)
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- sarpanch — the head of a panchayat
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- schantze — a pile of stones heaped to shelter soldiers from gunfire
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- schnapps — (in Europe) any strong, dry spirit, as slivovitz, aquavit, or kirsch.
- schumann — Clara (Clara Wieck) 1819–96, German pianist and composer (wife of Robert Schumann).
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- shadchan — shadkhan.
- shamanic — (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- shechina — the radiance in which God's immanent presence in the midst of his people, esp in the Temple, is visibly manifested
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- skeechan — a beer of treacle and malt liquor
- snatched — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- stancher — staunch2 .
- synarchy — joint rule
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- szechuan — Sichuan.
- szechwan — Sichuan.
- uncashed — money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- unchaste — not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman.
- unstarch — to free from stiffness