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9-letter words containing c, h, a, t

  • bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
  • cache hit — (storage)   A request to read from memory which can satisfied from the cache without using the main memory. Opposite: cache miss.
  • cachectic — general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
  • cachectin — Biochemistry, Immunology. a protein that is released by activated macrophages as an immune system defense and, when the defense is overwhelmed, is a cause of cachexia or toxic shock: in humans, identical with tumor necrosis factor.
  • cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
  • cacoethes — an uncontrollable urge or desire, esp for something harmful; mania
  • cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
  • caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
  • caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
  • campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
  • camshafts — Plural form of camshaft.
  • canonchet — (Nanuntenoo) died 1676, Narragansett leader: executed by colonists.
  • cant hook — a heavy wooden lever with a blunt tip and a hinged hook near the end: used by lumbermen in handling logs
  • cantharid — any beetle of the family Cantharidae, having a soft elongated body; though found frequenting flowers, they are carnivorous
  • cantharis — Spanish fly (sense 1)
  • cantharus — a large two-handled pottery cup
  • canthitis — an inflammation of the canthus
  • car thief — a person who steals automobiles
  • carinthia — a state of S Austria: an independent duchy from 976 to 1276; mainly mountainous, with many lakes and resorts. Capital: Klagenfurt. Pop: 559 440 (2003 est). Area: 9533 sq km (3681 sq miles)
  • carothers — Wallace Hume1896-1937; U.S. chemist
  • carthamin — (organic compound) A red colouring matter obtained from the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius.
  • carthorse — A carthorse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
  • cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
  • cartwheel — If you do a cartwheel, you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position.
  • case shot — a quantity of small projectiles enclosed in a single case, as a shrapnel shell, for firing from a gun
  • cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
  • cat fight — a dispute carried out with intense hostility and bitterness.
  • cataphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word used subsequently in the same discourse
  • cataphyll — a simplified form of plant leaf, such as a scale leaf or cotyledon
  • catarrhal — Pathology. inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, accompanied by excessive secretions.
  • catch dog — a dog used to help round up livestock.
  • catch out — To catch someone out means to cause them to make a mistake that reveals that they are lying about something, do not know something, or cannot do something.
  • catch pit — a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed
  • catch-all — A catch-all is a term or category which includes many different things.
  • catch-ups — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
  • catchable — to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
  • catchalls — Plural form of catchall.
  • catchiest — Superlative form of catchy.
  • catchline — a slogan, esp one used in a political or advertising campaign
  • catchment — In geography, catchment is the process of collecting water, in particular the process of water flowing from the ground and collecting in a river. Catchment is also the water that is collected in this way.
  • catchpole — (in medieval England) a sheriff's officer who arrested debtors
  • catchpoll — (formerly) a petty officer of justice, especially one arresting persons for debt.
  • catchweed — a weedy plant with a prickly stem
  • catchword — A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
  • catchwork — A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
  • catechise — to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
  • catechism — In a Catholic, Episcopal, or Orthodox Church, the catechism is a series of questions and answers about religious beliefs, which has to be learned by people before they can become full members of that Church.
  • catechist — a person who catechizes, esp. one who instructs catechumens
  • catechize — to teach or examine by means of questions and answers
  • catfights — Plural form of catfight.
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