9-letter words containing c, h, i, a
- chilblain — Chilblains are painful red swellings which people sometimes get on their fingers or toes in cold weather.
- childcare — Childcare refers to looking after children, and to the facilities which help parents to do so.
- chiliagon — a thousand-sided polygon
- chiliarch — (in ancient Greece and Rome) the leader or commanding officer of a thousand soldiers
- chillaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of chillax.
- chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
- chimaeric — (of a molecule) having two genetically different components
- chimineas — Plural form of chiminea.
- chin ball — a device fastened under the chin of a bull to mark cows it has mounted
- china oil — a dark, molasseslike, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid having a warm, bitter taste, obtained from the leguminous tree, Myroxylon pereirae, of Central America: used in medicine, perfumery, and in the manufacture of chocolate.
- china sea — part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China: divided by Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south
- china tea — China tea is tea made from large dark-green or reddish-brown tea leaves. It is usually drunk without milk or sugar.
- chinampas — Plural form of chinampa.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chinatown — Chinatown is the name given to the area in a city where there are many Chinese shops and restaurants, and which is a social centre for the Chinese community in the city.
- chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
- chincapin — chinquapin
- chinkapin — chinquapin
- chinkiang — Older Spelling. Zhenjiang.
- chinookan — of the Chinooks or their language or culture
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
- chipheads — Plural form of chiphead.
- chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
- chipolata — a small sausage in a narrow casing
- chippable — having the ability to be reduced to small pieces
- chippeway — Chippewa.
- chiragric — a person who suffers from chiagra
- chirality — the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound
- chirimoya — cherimoya.
- chishtiya — a Sufi order of the Indian subcontinent.
- chisimaio — a port in S Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. Pop: reliable recent estimates are not available
- chit-chat — Chit-chat is informal talk about things that are not very important.
- chitchats — Plural form of chitchat.
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
- chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
- chiyogami — a type of highly decorated, colourful craft paper used for origami
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- cholaemia — a toxic medical condition indicated by the presence of bile in the blood
- cholaemic — of or relating to cholaemia
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- christian — A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature