8-letter words containing c, h, a
- alberich — (in medieval German legend) the king of the dwarfs and guardian of the treasures of the Nibelungs
- alcahest — the universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
- alchemic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alchevsk — a city in E Ukraine. Pop: 117 000 (2005 est)
- alchuine — (Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- alcithoe — a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.
- alcohols — Plural form of alcohol.
- alebench — a bench inside or in front of an alehouse
- aleichem — Sholom, real name Solomon Rabinowitz. 1859–1916, US Jewish writer, born in Russia. His works include Tevye the Milkman, which was adapted for the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof
- allocher — any of the variant forms of a chereme.
- amchitka — an island off the coast of SW Alaska, in the W part of the Aleutian Islands: site of U.S. air base during World War II. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- amicheme — Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
- amimeche — Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- amorphic — Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
- amphoric — resembling the sound produced by blowing into a bottle. Amphoric breath sounds are heard through a stethoscope placed over a cavity in the lung
- anarchal — having no government; anarchic
- anarchic — If you describe someone or something as anarchic, you disapprove of them because they do not recognize or obey any rules or laws.
- anarcho- — Anarcho- combines with nouns and adjectives to form words indicating that something is both anarchistic and the other thing that is mentioned.
- anch'ing — a city in S Anhui province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang: former capital of Anhui.
- anchises — a Trojan prince and father of Aeneas. In the Aeneid, he is rescued by his son at the fall of Troy and dies in Sicily
- anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anchoret — anchorite.
- anchusin — alkanet (sense 1) alkanet (sense 1c)
- ancohuma — one of the two peaks of Mount Sorata
- anechoic — having a low degree of reverberation of sound
- anephric — (pathology) Without functioning kidneys.
- anorchia — An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.
- anthemic — (of a song) like an anthem in being rousing or uplifting.
- apachean — a subgroup of the Athabaskan language family comprising the languages of the Apache tribes and the Navajo.
- aphasiac — pertaining to or affected with aphasia.
- aphicide — any substance used to kill aphids
- apothece — a shop or storehouse
- approach — When you approach something, you get closer to it.
- arachnid — any terrestrial chelicerate arthropod of the class Arachnida, characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. The group includes the spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and harvestmen
- arch dam — a dam that is curved in the horizontal plane and usually built of concrete, in which the horizontal thrust is taken by abutments in the sides of a valley. Arch dams must be built on solid rock, as a yielding material would cause a failure
- archaeal — relating to or involving the order Archaea
- archaean — any member of the Archaea, a domain of prokaryotic microorganisms, distinguished from bacteria on molecular phylogenetic grounds and often found in hostile environments, such as volcanic vents and hot springs
- archaeo- — indicating ancient or primitive time or condition
- archaeon — A microorganism, physically resembling a bacterium, of the kingdom Archaea.
- archaise — Standard spelling of from=non-Oxford.
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- archaist — something archaic, as a word or expression.
- archaize — to give an archaic appearance or character to, as by the use of archaisms
- archbanc — archebanc.
- archduke — a chief duke, esp (since 1453) a prince of the Austrian imperial dynasty
- archetto — a tool, consisting of a bow strung with wire, for trimming excess material from a piece being modeled.
- archival — Archival means belonging or relating to archives.
- archived — Simple past tense and past participle of archive.
- archiver — One who, or that which, archives.
- archives — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.