8-letter words containing c, h, e
- charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- charrier — Comparative form of charry.
- charters — Plural form of charter.
- chartlet — a small chart indicating some special thing, as information relative to a radio navigational aid.
- chartres — a city in NW France: Gothic cathedral; market town. Pop: 41 588 (2006)
- chase up — If you chase up something that is needed or needs dealing with, you find it or find out what is being done about it.
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chasseur — a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment
- chastely — refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- chastens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chasten.
- chastest — Superlative form of chaste.
- chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- chastize — Alternative form of chastise.
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chateaux — (in France) a castle or fortress.
- chatfest — (informal) A talkfest.
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.
- chattels — Plural form of chattel.
- chatters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chatter.
- chattery — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- chattier — Comparative form of chatty.
- chauffer — a small portable heater or stove
- chauncey — a masculine name
- chausses — a tight-fitting medieval garment covering the feet and legs, usually made of chain mail
- chavette — a young working-class woman whose tastes, although sometimes expensive, are considered vulgar by some
- chazerei — anything of little value; junk; garbage.
- cheapens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheapen.
- cheapest — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- cheapish — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- chearful — Archaic spelling of cheerful.
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- cheaters — eyeglasses, esp. dark glasses
- cheatery — the act of cheating or deceiving
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- chechako — cheechako
- chechnya — ethnic region in the N Caucasus, Russia: since 1991 its status as a political subdivision of the Russian Federation has been disputed by the Chechens
- check in — When you check in or check into a hotel or clinic, or if someone checks you in, you arrive and go through the necessary procedures before you stay there.
- check on — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- check up — If you check up on something, you find out information about it.
- check-in — the act or fact of checking in.
- checkbox — A small box on a computer screen that, when selected by the user, is filled with a check mark to show that the feature described alongside it has been enabled.
- checkedy — checkered; having a checked pattern.
- checkers — a game for two players using a checkerboard and 12 checkers each. The object is to jump over and capture the opponent's pieces
- checking — the process of making sure that something is correct or satisfactory
- checkoff — the procedure whereby an employer pays the employee's union dues or other fees straight from his or her salary
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.
- checkrow — a row of plants, esp corn, in which the spaces between adjacent plants are equal to those between adjacent rows to facilitate cultivation
- checksum — a digit representing the number of bits of information transmitted, attached to the end of a message in order to verify the integrity of data
- checkups — Plural form of checkup.