7-letter words containing c, h, i, n
- chimney — A chimney is a pipe through which smoke goes up into the air, usually through the roof of a building.
- chin-up — an exercise in which a person grips an elevated bar and pulls himself or herself up until the chin is level with the bar
- chinars — Plural form of chinar.
- chinchy — miserly
- chindia — China and India considered together in economic and strategic terms
- chindit — a member of the Allied forces commanded by Orde Wingate fighting behind the Japanese lines in Burma (1943–45)
- chinese — Chinese means relating to or belonging to China, or its people, languages, or culture.
- chingma — the fiber of the Indian mallow.
- chining — the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
- chinked — a chinking sound: the chink of ice in a glass.
- chinkie — a Chinese restaurant
- chinkle — (nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.
- chinmen — Quemoy.
- chinned — the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- chinois — A cone-shaped sieve with a closely woven mesh for straining sauces.
- chinone — quinone.
- chinook — a warm dry southwesterly wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
- chintzy — Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.
- chinwag — a chat or gossipy conversation
- chip in — When a number of people chip in, each person gives some money so that they can pay for something together.
- chirren — children
- chitlin — pig intestine cooked and served as a dish
- chitons — Plural form of chiton.
- chlorin — (organic compound) A large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages.
- choking — causing breathing difficulties; suffocating
- choline — a colourless viscous soluble alkaline substance present in animal tissues, esp as a constituent of lecithin: used as a supplement to the diet of poultry and in medicine for preventing the accumulation of fat in the liver. Formula:[(CH3)3NCH2CH2OH]+OH–
- chopine — a sandal-like shoe on tall wooden or cork bases popular in the 18th century
- chorine — a female dancer who is part of a chorus line
- choring — Present participle of chore.
- chorion — the outer of two membranes that form a sac around the embryonic reptile, bird, or mammal: contributes to the placenta in mammals
- chowing — Present participle of chow.
- chronic — A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute.
- chronid — (zoology) Any member of the Chronidae.
- chunjie — an annual Chinese festival marking the (lunar) Chinese New Year. It can last over three days and includes the exchange of gifts, firework displays, and dancing
- chunnis — Plural form of chunni.
- chusing — Present participle of chuse.
- cinched — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
- cinches — Plural form of cinch.
- ciphony — the process of enciphering audio information to produce encrypted speech
- cithern — cittern
- conchie — a conscientious objector
- corinth — a port in S Greece, in the NE Peloponnese: the modern town is near the site of the ancient city, the largest and richest of the city-states after Athens. Pop (municipality): 36 991 (2001)
- cornish — Cornish means belonging or relating to the English county of Cornwall.
- coshing — Present participle of cosh.
- cronish — a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cthonic — Alternative spelling of chthonic.
- cushing — Harvey Williams. 1869–1939, US neurosurgeon: identified a pituitary tumour as a cause of the disease named after him
- cushion — A cushion is a fabric case filled with soft material, which you put on a seat to make it more comfortable.
- cynthia — a feminine name: dim. Cindy