9-letter words containing c, h, i
- cheese it — to stop; desist.
- cheesiest — of or like cheese: a cheesy aroma; a cheesy taste.
- cheilitis — an inflammation of the lip or lips
- cheilosis — Inflammation of one or both of the corners of the mouth.
- chelating — Having the ability to undergo chelation.
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chelicera — one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
- chemicals — the commercial production and sale of chemical products
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- chemist's — a chemist's shop
- chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
- chemitype — an obsolete chemical process by which a relief impression was obtained from an engraving or etching
- chemitypy — the process of chemitype
- chemokine — a type of protein produced during inflammation that activates white blood cells
- chemonite — a solution consisting of copper hydroxide, arsenic trioxide, ammonia, acetic acid, and water: used as a wood preservative.
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- cheralite — a rare monazite mineral consisting of thorium and calcium
- cheremiss — a member of an Ugrian people of the Volga region, esp of the Mari El Republic
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- cherished — clung to, esp when fulfilment is unlikely
- cherisher — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
- cherishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cherish.
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- cherubini — (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.
- cheruping — Present participle of cherup.
- chess pie — a dessert made of a custardlike mixture of butter, sugar, eggs, etc., baked in a pie shell
- chesticle — (slang, humorous) A (woman's) breast.
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chevening — a mansion and estate in SE England, in western Kent: the official country residence of the British foreign secretary
- chewiness — the condition of necessitating chewing or of being difficult to chew
- chi meson — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
- chiacking — to jeer at; tease; deride.
- chiamussu — Jiamusi.
- chiaochou — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- chiarezza — clarity
- chiasmata — Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- chic sale — an outside privy.
- chicagoan — a native or inhabitant of Chicago, Ill.
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- chick lit — Chick lit is modern fiction about the lives and romantic problems of young women, usually written by young women.
- chick-pea — Also called garbanzo. a widely cultivated plant, Cicer arietinum, of the legume family, bearing pods containing pealike seeds.
- chickadee — A chickadee is a small North American bird with gray and black feathers.
- chickaree — another name for American red squirrel
- chickasaw — a member of a Native American people of N Mississippi
- chickasha — a city in central Oklahoma.
- chickened — Simple past tense and past participle of chicken.
- chickling — a very small chick