9-letter words containing c, h, e, m
- chemicals — the commercial production and sale of chemical products
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- chemist's — a chemist's shop
- chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
- chemitype — an obsolete chemical process by which a relief impression was obtained from an engraving or etching
- chemitypy — the process of chemitype
- chemokine — a type of protein produced during inflammation that activates white blood cells
- chemonite — a solution consisting of copper hydroxide, arsenic trioxide, ammonia, acetic acid, and water: used as a wood preservative.
- chemostat — an apparatus for growing bacterial cultures at a constant rate by controlling the supply of nutrient medium
- chempaduk — an evergreen moraceous tree, Artocarpus champeden (or A. integer), of Malaysia, similar to the jackfruit
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- cheongsam — a straight dress, usually of silk or cotton, with a stand-up collar and a slit in one side of the skirt, worn by Chinese women
- cheremiss — a member of an Ugrian people of the Volga region, esp of the Mari El Republic
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- chernozem — a black soil, rich in humus and carbonates, in cool or temperate semiarid regions, as the grasslands of Russia
- chi meson — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
- chiengmai — a town in NW Thailand: teak, silver, silk industries: university (1964). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
- chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
- chimaeric — (of a molecule) having two genetically different components
- chimerism — a medical condition in which a person develops from two distinct embryos that could possess two genetically distinct sets of cells
- chimineas — Plural form of chiminea.
- chimneyed — Containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney.
- chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chokedamp — blackdamp
- chokeslam — A wrestling move in which someone is picked up by their neck and is driven into the mat.
- cholaemia — a toxic medical condition indicated by the presence of bile in the blood
- cholaemic — of or relating to cholaemia
- chow mein — Chow mein is a Chinese-style dish that consists of fried noodles, cooked meat, and vegetables.
- chromagen — (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein.
- chromakey — (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- chromogen — a compound that forms coloured compounds on oxidation
- churchmen — Plural form of churchman.
- clamshell — a dredging bucket that is hinged like the shell of a clam
- come home — (of an anchor) to fail to hold
- consumeth — Archaic third-person singular form of consume.
- cothamore — a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
- cromlechs — Plural form of cromlech.
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- deschamps — Émile (French emil), full name Émile Deschamps de Saint-Armand. 1791–1871, French poet, dramatist, and librettist: a leading figure in the French romantic movement
- dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk
- ecce homo — Art. a painting, statue, or other representation of Christ crowned with thorns.
- ecphoneme — (obsolete) A symbol, !, comprising a vertical line and a dot below, signifying the end of a sentence that is an exclamation.
- ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
- ectotherm — a cold-blooded animal.
- emphatics — Plural form of emphatic.
- ephemeric — Ephemeral.