10-letter words containing c, h, e, d
- chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
- chalcidice — a peninsula of N central Greece, in Macedonia Central, ending in the three promontories of Kassandra, Sithonia, and Akti. Area: 2945 sq km (1149 sq miles)
- challenged — If you say that someone is challenged in a particular way, you mean that they have a disability in that area. Challenged is often combined with inappropriate words for humorous effect.
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- chandlerly — like, or pertaining to, a chandler
- channelled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- chargecard — A card, resembling a credit card, used for payment — especially for some specific product or service, as with a phonecard.
- charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargehand — a workman whose grade of responsibility is just below that of a foreman
- chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
- check card — debit card.
- checkdigit — (data) A one-digit checksum.
- checkmated — (chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- cheese dip — a creamy mixture made with cheese, for dipping crisps, raw vegetables etc into
- cheesewood — the tough yellowish wood of Australian trees of the genus Pittosporum: family Pittosporaceae
- chelmsford — a city in SE England, administrative centre of Essex: electronics, retail; university (1992). Pop: 99 962 (2001)
- chen duxiu — 1879–1942, Chinese intellectual, journalist, and cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party.
- cherry red — a bright red; cherry.
- cherry-red — bright red
- chessboard — A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.
- chest cold — a cold mainly affecting the chest
- chesterbed — a sofa or chesterfield that opens into a bed.
- chickadees — Plural form of chickadee.
- chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
- child seat — a type of child restraint consisting of a seat with safety features
- child wife — a very young wife.
- child-care — having to do with the care of children, specif., of preschool children whose parents are employed
- child-free — making a positive choice not to have children
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- children's — a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
- chinandega — a city in W Nicaragua.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- chip-based — (of electronic equipment or components) using or incorporating microchips
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- chlamydate — (of some molluscs) possessing a mantle
- chlamydiae — the sexually transmitted diseases that are due to the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- chloridize — to change into a chloride
- chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
- choke down — to swallow with difficulty
- choke-hold — a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind: The suspect was put in a chokehold and was gasping for breath.
- chokeholds — Plural form of chokehold.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chopped-up — cut into pieces