9-letter words containing c, h, a, t
- chiasmata — Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
- chieftain — A chieftain is the leader of a tribe.
- china tea — China tea is tea made from large dark-green or reddish-brown tea leaves. It is usually drunk without milk or sugar.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chinatown — Chinatown is the name given to the area in a city where there are many Chinese shops and restaurants, and which is a social centre for the Chinese community in the city.
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chipolata — a small sausage in a narrow casing
- chirality — the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound
- chishtiya — a Sufi order of the Indian subcontinent.
- chit-chat — Chit-chat is informal talk about things that are not very important.
- chitchats — Plural form of chitchat.
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chocolate — Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet.
- chocolaty — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- choluteca — a city in S Honduras.
- chopsteak — chopped steak.
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- chordates — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- christian — A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- christmas — Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- chromatic — In music, chromatic means related to the scale that consists only of semitones.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- chromato- — indicating colour or coloured
- chthonian — of or relating to the underworld
- chukotian — a group of genetically related languages spoken on the Chukchi and Kamchatka peninsulas in eastern Siberia, including Chukchi, Kamchadal, and Koryak.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- citharist — a player of the cithara
- city hall — The city hall is the building which a city council uses as its main offices.
- clarthead — a slow-witted or stupid person
- classpath — (programming) an argument that tells the Java virtual machine where to look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.
- clathrate — resembling a net or lattice
- cleantech — (industry) Technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.
- cleanthes — ?300–?232 bc, Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school
- cleithral — (of Greek temples) covered with a roof
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- cloth cap — A cloth cap is a soft flat cap with a stiff, curved part at the front called a peak. Cloth caps are usually worn by men.
- cloth-cap — pertaining to or characteristic of the working class.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- co-author — The co-authors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- coauthors — Plural form of coauthor.
- cochleate — shaped like a snail's shell; spirally twisted
- cockmatch — a cockfight
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitee — A person who cohabits with another.