8-letter words containing c, h, i, s
- ice show — entertainment in which a company of ice skaters exhibit their skills to musical accompaniment.
- icehouse — a building for storing ice.
- ichnites — Plural form of ichnite.
- ichorous — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- iphicles — a son of Alcmene and Amphitryon, the brother of Hercules.
- ischemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischemic — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- isochasm — a line on a map or chart connecting points where auroras are observed with equal frequency.
- isocheim — a line on a map connecting points that have the same mean winter temperature.
- isochore — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- isochron — A line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
- isopachs — Plural form of isopach.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- issachar — a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:18.
- itchiest — Superlative form of itchy.
- jackfish — any of several pikes, especially the northern pike.
- jackshit — Alternative spelling of jack shit.
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- kitchens — Plural form of kitchen.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- kushitic — a subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Somali, Oromo, and other languages of Somalia and Ethiopia.
- lachaise — Gaston [gas-tuh n;; French ga-stawn] /ˈgæs tən;; French gaˈstɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1935, U.S. sculptor, born in France.
- lachesis — the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
- lecythis — any very tall tree of the genus Lecythis
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- lubitsch — Ernst [urnst;; German ernst] /ɜrnst;; German ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1892–1947, German film director and producer, in the U.S. after 1922.
- machairs — Plural form of machair.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- machismo — a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
- machoism — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- mashiach — the messiah
- mcintosh — a variety of red apple that ripens in early autumn.
- mischief — conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- mishnaic — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- mistouch — To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
- mitscher — Marc Andrew, 1887–1947, U.S. naval officer and aviator.
- munchies — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- ochlesis — any disease caused by overcrowding.
- ochozias — Ahaziah.
- orchesis — the art of dance