8-letter words containing c, h, a, t
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
- camshaft — A camshaft is a rod in an engine and works to change circular motion into motion up and down or from side to side.
- canthook — a wooden pole with a blunt steel tip and an adjustable hook at one end, used for handling logs
- captchas — Plural form of captcha.
- carritch — catechism
- carthage — an ancient city state, on the N African coast near present-day Tunis. Founded about 800 bc by Phoenician traders, it grew into an empire dominating N Africa and the Mediterranean. Destroyed and then rebuilt by Rome, it was finally razed by the Arabs in 697 ad
- cartouch — Alternative form of cartouche.
- cash out — cash in1 (sense 1)
- cash-out — Also, cashout. a direct cash payment or a cash profit or remainder: The store owner lived on a cash-out of fifty dollars a day.
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- cataphor — a word that refers to or stands for another word used later
- catch at — to try to catch
- catch it — to be scolded or reprimanded
- catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- catch up — If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
- catch-22 — If you describe a situation as a Catch-22, you mean it is an impossible situation because you cannot do one thing until you do another thing, but you cannot do the second thing until you do the first thing.
- catch-up — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- catchall — A catchall is a term or category which includes many different things.
- catchcry — a well-known, frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc
- catchers — Plural form of catcher.
- catchfly — any of several caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Silene that have sticky calyxes and stems on which insects are sometimes trapped
- catching — If an illness or a disease is catching, it is easily passed on or given to someone else.
- catechin — a soluble yellow solid substance found in catechu and mahogany wood and used in tanning and dyeing. Formula: C15H14O6
- catechol — a colourless crystalline phenol found in resins and lignins; 1,2-dihydroxybenzene. It is used as a photographic developer. Formula: C6H4(OH)2
- catfight — A catfight is an angry fight or quarrel, especially between women.
- catheads — Plural form of cathead.
- cathects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cathect.
- cathedra — a bishop's throne
- catheter — A catheter is a tube which is used to introduce liquids into a human body or to withdraw liquids from it.
- cathetus — a straight line or radius positioned perpendicular to another line or radius
- cathexes — Plural form of cathexis.
- cathexis — concentration of psychic energy on a single goal
- cathisma — a short hymn used as a response
- cathleen — a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- cathodal — (biochemistry) Attracted towards a cathode.
- cathodes — Plural form of cathode.
- cathodic — pertaining to a cathode or phenomena in its vicinity.
- catholic — The Catholic Church is the branch of the Christian Church that accepts the Pope as its leader and is based in the Vatican in Rome.
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- ceterach — any of a genus of ferns characterized by scales found on the underside of the fronds
- chagatai — a Turkic literary language of medieval Central Asia.
- chainlet — a small chain of hotels, shops, etc
- chalkpit — a quarry for chalk
- chamotte — grog (def 3).
- champart — the granting of land to a person on condition that a portion of the harvest will be given to the landowner
- changeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'change'.
- changteh — Changde
- chantage — the use of threats to extort money; blackmail