8-letter words containing c, h, a, n
- paunched — a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
- peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
- pechenga — a village in the NW Russian Federation, on the Arctic Ocean W of Murmansk: ice-free all year; ceded by Finland 1944.
- penchant — a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- phenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonecam — a digital camera incorporated in a mobile phone
- pitchman — an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- poaching — the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
- punchbag — A punchbag is a heavy leather bag, filled with a firm material, that hangs on a rope. Punchbags are used by boxers and other sportsmen for exercise and training.
- quechuan — of or relating to the Quechua language or people.
- ranchero — a rancher.
- ranching — an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- ranchman — a rancher.
- rebranch — (of a branch, tree, evolutionary tree, etc) to branch again
- relaunch — an act or instance of launching something again.
- revanche — the policy of a state intent on regaining areas of its original territory that have been lost to other states as a result of war, a treaty signed under duress, etc.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- rondache — a small, round shield
- 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.
- tachinid — any of numerous flies belonging to the family Tachinidae
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- teach-in — a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- teaching — Informal. teacher.
- thinclad — a runner on a track team