8-letter words containing c, h, a, t
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dithecal — having two thecae or receptacles
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- dutchman — a native or inhabitant of the Netherlands.
- echinate — bristly; prickly.
- empathic — Showing or expressing empathy.
- emphatic — Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.
- enchants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enchant.
- enchaunt — Obsolete form of enchant.
- epitheca — (microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- escheats — Plural form of escheat.
- ethanoic — (organic chemistry) IUPAC nomenclature for CH3COO-.
- ethercap — a spider
- ethnarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The governor of a province or people.
- ethnical — (rare) Ethnic.
- eyepatch — A patch worn to protect an injured eye.
- farfetch — (obsolete) Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.
- fasnacht — a deep-fried raised doughnut; originally served on Shrove Tuesday as the last sweet treat before Lent.
- fichtean — of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy of Johann Fichte.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- hackette — A female journalist.
- haematic — relating to, acting on, having the colour of, or containing blood
- haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
- half cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- handcart — a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- haptical — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.
- hardtack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hatcheck — of, noting, or engaged in the checking of hats, coats, umbrellas, etc., into temporary safekeeping: a hatcheck girl.
- hatchels — Plural form of hatchel.
- hatchery — a place for hatching eggs of hens, fish, etc., especially a large, commercial or government site where the young are hatched, cared for, and sold or distributed.
- hatcheth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hatch.
- hatchets — Plural form of hatchet.
- hatchety — resembling a hatchet
- hatching — a shading line in drawing or engraving.
- hatchure — Alternative form of hachure.
- hatchway — Nautical. hatch2 (def 1a).
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- hattrick — Alternative spelling of hat trickt; three goals in one game.
- haystack — a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the mowed field so as to prevent the accumulation of moisture and promote drying.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- hectares — Plural form of hectare.
- hellicat — an evil creature
- hepatica — any plant belonging to the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish, pink, or white flowers.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.