11-letter words containing c, h, i, a
- chicaneries — Plural form of chicanery.
- chichihaerh — Qiqihar
- chichivache — (in early English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a cow verging on starvation, that existed solely by devouring virtuous women.
- chickabiddy — a term of endearment, esp for a child
- chickamauga — creek in NW Ga.: site of a Civil War battle (Sept., 1863) in which Confederate forces routed the Union army
- chickenhawk — Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry.
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chief rabbi — the chief religious minister of a national Jewish community
- chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- chiffchaffs — Plural form of chiffchaff.
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chilaquiles — (in Mexican cooking) a dish of fried tortilla strips typically topped with a spicy tomato sauce and cheese.
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- child actor — an actor who is a child
- child labor — the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)
- chili sauce — a spiced sauce of chopped tomatoes, green and red sweet peppers, onions, etc.
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chimichanga — a savoury deep-fried filled tortilla
- chimney cap — a raised cover for the top of a chimney, usually in the form of a slab or cornice.
- chimpanzees — Plural form of chimpanzee.
- chin cactus — any of various globular cacti of the genus Gymnocalycium, native to South America, having white or pinkish flowers and a chinlike protrusion below each cluster of spines.
- china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
- china stone — a type of kaolinized granitic rock containing unaltered plagioclase
- china white — a very potent form of synthetic heroin.
- chinchillas — Plural form of chinchilla.
- chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
- chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
- chinese wax — a yellowish wax secreted by an oriental scale insect, Ceroplastes ceriferus, and used commercially
- chinic acid — quinic acid.
- chinquapins — Plural form of chinquapin.
- chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
- chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
- chip heater — a domestic water heater that burns chips of wood
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chirography — handwriting; penmanship
- chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
- chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chirurgical — relating to, carrying out or expert in surgery
- chitchatted — Simple past tense and past participle of chitchat.
- chittamwood — American smoke tree.
- chloanthite — a form of nickel arsenide having commercial importance as a nickel ore
- chloracetic — an acid made by chlorinating acetic acid
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- chlorinator — That which chlorinates.
- chocaholics — Plural form of chocaholic.