9-letter words containing c, h, i, g
- chitlings — the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.
- chivvying — Present participle of chivvy.
- chiyogami — a type of highly decorated, colourful craft paper used for origami
- choirgirl — a girl who sings in a church choir
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- chongqing — a river port in SW China, capital of Chongqing municipality (traditionally in Sichuan province) at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers: site of a city since the 3rd millennium bc; wartime capital of China (1938–45); major trade centre for W China. Pop: 4 975 000 (2005 est)
- choplogic — excessively complicated argument
- chortling — to chuckle gleefully.
- chorusing — Present participle of chorus.
- chu kiang — Zhu Jiang.
- chuckling — Present participle of chuckle.
- chungking — Chongqing
- churching — the act of bringing someone, esp a woman after childbirth, to church for special ceremonies
- churnings — Plural form of churning.
- ciphering — calculating
- clenching — Present participle of clench.
- cliffhang — (of a serial or film) to end on a note of suspense
- clinching — Present participle of clinch.
- clingfish — any small marine teleost fish of the family Gobiesocidae, having a flattened elongated body with a sucking disc beneath the head for clinging to rocks, etc
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- clutching — to hatch (chickens).
- cockfight — a fight between two gamecocks fitted with sharp metal spurs
- cognitech — (company) A French software company specialising in artificial intelligence.
- cohousing — a type of housing with some shared facilities
- coliphage — a bacteriophage
- copyfight — the conflict between copyright holders and other individuals over the use, distribution, and replication of copyright materials
- copyright — If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission.
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- couchings — the act of a person or thing that couches.
- cowhiding — Present participle of cowhide.
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- crunching — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- digraphic — Of or pertaining to a digraph.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- drenching — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- dysphagic — difficulty in swallowing.
- echogenic — capable of generating or reflecting sound waves.
- echoingly — In an echoing way.
- encashing — Present participle of encash.
- enchasing — Present participle of enchase.
- enhancing — Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
- enriching — Improve or enhance the quality or value of.
- eschewing — Present participle of eschew.
- fetchings — Plural form of fetching.
- fightback — A fightback is an effort made by a person or group of people to get back into a strong position when they seem likely to lose something such as an election or an important sports match.
- fitchburg — a city in N Massachusetts.
- flenching — Present participle of flench.
- fletching — the feathers on an arrow, which stabilize it during flight.