9-letter words containing c, h, e, k
- chempaduk — an evergreen moraceous tree, Artocarpus champeden (or A. integer), of Malaysia, similar to the jackfruit
- cherenkov — Pavel Alekseyevich (ˈpavɪl alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1904–90, Soviet physicist: noted for work on the effects produced by high-energy particles: shared Nobel prize for physics 1958
- cherkassy — city & port in central Ukraine, on the Dnepr River: pop. 302,000
- chernenko — Konstantin (Ustinovich) (kənstanˈtin). 1911–85, Soviet statesman; general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1984–85)
- cherokees — a member of an important tribe of North American Indians whose first known center was in the southern Alleghenies and who presently live in North Carolina and Oklahoma.
- chick-pea — Also called garbanzo. a widely cultivated plant, Cicer arietinum, of the legume family, bearing pods containing pealike seeds.
- chickadee — A chickadee is a small North American bird with gray and black feathers.
- chickaree — another name for American red squirrel
- chickened — Simple past tense and past participle of chicken.
- chickpeas — Plural form of chickpea.
- chickweed — Chickweed is a plant with small leaves and white flowers which grows close to the ground.
- childlike — You describe someone as childlike when they seem like a child in their character, appearance, or behaviour.
- chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
- choke off — To choke off financial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country's economy can grow.
- chokeable — to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- chokebore — a shotgun bore that becomes narrower towards the muzzle so that the shot is not scattered
- chokecoil — a type of electronic inductor
- chokedamp — blackdamp
- chokehold — the act of holding a person's neck across the windpipe, esp from behind using one arm
- chokeslam — A wrestling move in which someone is picked up by their neck and is driven into the mat.
- chopsteak — chopped steak.
- chromakey — (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted
- chuckhole — a pothole
- chudskoye — Lakelake on the Estonian-Russian border: with its S extension, Lake Pskov, c. 1,400 sq mi (3,626 sq km)
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- clunkhead — a stupid or foolish person.
- cockhorse — rocking horse
- cokeheads — Plural form of cokehead.
- cookhouse — a place for cooking, esp a camp kitchen
- crackhead — a person addicted to the drug crack
- cup shake — wind shake.
- cyberhack — Computers. hack1 (def 22b).
- dechunker — chunker
- deck hand — a seaman assigned various duties, such as mooring and cargo handling, on the deck of a ship
- deck hook — hook1 (def 16).
- deck shoe — Deck shoes are flat casual shoes made of canvas or leather.
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
- deckhouse — a houselike cabin on the deck of a ship
- doohickey — a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
- duckshove — to evade (responsibility or an issue)
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- fish cake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- forecheck — Play an aggressive style of defense, checking opponents in their own defensive zone, before they can organize an attack.
- forehocks — Plural form of forehock.
- foreshock — a relatively small earthquake that precedes a greater one by a few days or weeks and originates at or near the focus of the larger earthquake.
- geek chic — a fashion style believed to be characteristic of geeks, including the wearing of heavy-rimmed glasses and T-shirts with humorous slogans
- gut check — a pause to assess the state, progress, or condition of something such as an enterprise or institution
- hack mode — (jargon) Engaged in hacking. A Zen-like state of total focus on The Problem that may be achieved when one is hacking (this is why every good hacker is part mystic). Ability to enter such concentration at will correlates strongly with wizardliness; it is one of the most important skills learned during larval stage. Sometimes amplified as "deep hack mode". Being yanked out of hack mode (see priority interrupt) may be experienced as a physical shock, and the sensation of being in hack mode is more than a little habituating. The intensity of this experience is probably by itself sufficient explanation for the existence of hackers, and explains why many resist being promoted out of positions where they can code. See also cyberspace. Some aspects of hackish etiquette will appear quite odd to an observer unaware of the high value placed on hack mode. For example, if someone appears at your door, it is perfectly okay to hold up a hand (without turning one's eyes away from the screen) to avoid being interrupted. One may read, type, and interact with the computer for quite some time before further acknowledging the other's presence (of course, he or she is reciprocally free to leave without a word). The understanding is that you might be in hack mode with a lot of delicate state in your head, and you dare not swap that context out until you have reached a good point to pause. See also juggling eggs.
- hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
- hackberry — any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.