8-letter words containing c, h, e
- cheddars — Plural form of cheddar.
- cheddary — resembling or pertaining to cheddar cheese
- cheddite — an explosive made by mixing a powdered chlorate or perchlorate with a fatty substance, such as castor oil
- cheekful — the quantity that can be held in or cover a cheek
- cheekier — Comparative form of cheeky.
- cheekily — impudent; insolent: a cheeky fellow; cheeky behavior.
- cheeking — Present participle of cheek.
- cheeping — Present participle of cheep.
- cheer on — When you cheer someone on, you shout loudly in order to encourage them, for example when they are taking part in a game.
- cheer up — When you cheer up or when something cheers you up, you stop feeling depressed and become more cheerful.
- cheerers — a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.: The cheers of the fans filled the stadium.
- cheerful — Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
- cheerier — Comparative form of cheery.
- cheerily — in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- cheering — encouraging shouts from supporters, admirers etc
- cheerios — Plural form of cheerio.
- cheesier — Comparative form of cheesy.
- cheesily — in a cheesy manner
- cheesing — the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
- cheetahs — Plural form of cheetah.
- chekiang — Zhejiang
- chelated — (chemistry, of a metal atom) bound with one or more chelates.
- chelates — Plural form of chelate.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chelifer — Book-scorpion.
- cheliped — (of an arthropod) either of two legs which each carry a claw
- chellean — Abbevillian
- chemical — Chemical means involving or resulting from a reaction between two or more substances, or relating to the substances that something consists of.
- chemico- — chemical
- chemises — Plural form of chemise.
- chemists — Plural form of chemist.
- chemnitz — a city in E Germany, in Saxony, at the foot of the Erzgebirge: textiles, engineering. Pop: 249 922 (2003 est)
- chemosis — (medicine) A chemically-induced swelling of the mucous membrane of the eye.
- chemulpo — Inchon.
- chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin
- chengteh — Chengde
- cheniere — a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- chenille — Chenille is cloth or clothing made from a type of thick furry thread.
- chenopod — any flowering plant of the family Chenopodiaceae, which includes the beet, mangel-wurzel, spinach, and goosefoot
- chephren — (Chephren) flourished late 26th century b.c, Egyptian king of the fourth dynasty (son of Cheops): builder of second pyramid at El Giza.
- chepstow — a town in S Wales, in Monmouthshire on the River Wye: tourism, light industry. Pop: 10 821 (2001)
- chequers — an estate and country house in S England, in central Buckinghamshire: the official country residence of the British prime minister
- chequing — (British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of checking.
- cheremis — Mari.
- cherokee — a member of a Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples
- cheroots — Plural form of cheroot.
- cherries — the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
- chertsey — a town in S England, in N Surrey on the River Thames. Pop: 10 323 (2001)
- cherubic — If someone looks cherubic, they look sweet and innocent like a cherub.
- cherubim — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.