8-letter words containing c, h, r
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chelifer — Book-scorpion.
- chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin
- cheniere — a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- chephren — (Chephren) flourished late 26th century b.c, Egyptian king of the fourth dynasty (son of Cheops): builder of second pyramid at El Giza.
- chequers — an estate and country house in S England, in central Buckinghamshire: the official country residence of the British prime minister
- cheremis — Mari.
- cherokee — a member of a Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples
- cheroots — Plural form of cheroot.
- cherries — the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
- chertsey — a town in S England, in N Surrey on the River Thames. Pop: 10 323 (2001)
- cherubic — If someone looks cherubic, they look sweet and innocent like a cherub.
- cherubim — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- cherwell — 1st Viscount title of Frederick Alexander Lindemann (ˈlɪndəmən). 1886–1957, British physicist, born in Germany, noted for his research on heat capacity, aeronautics, and atomic physics. He was scientific adviser to Winston Churchill during World War II
- cheshire — a former administrative county of NW England; administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East: low-lying and undulating, bordering on the Pennines in the east; mainly agricultural: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Warrington and Halton, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998. Area 2077 sq km (802 sq miles)
- chestier — Comparative form of chesty.
- cheverel — a type of leather made from kidskin or goatskin
- cheveret — a small English table of the 18th century, having an oblong top, one or two rows of drawers, and slender legs joined near the bottom by a shelf.
- chevrons — Plural form of chevron.
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
- chiccory — chicory.
- chickory — Alternative spelling of chicory.
- chiefery — the responsibility and lands belonging to an Irish chief
- chiggers — Plural form of chigger.
- childern — Eye dialect of children.
- childers — (Robert) Erskine. 1870–1922, Irish politician, executed by the Irish Free State for his IRA activities: author of the spy story The Riddle of the Sands (1903)
- children — Children is the plural of child.
- chillers — Plural form of chiller.
- chillier — mildly cold or producing a sensation of cold; causing shivering; chill: a chilly breeze.
- chimaera — any tapering smooth-skinned cartilaginous deep-sea fish of the subclass Holocephali (or Bradyodonti), esp any of the genus Chimaera. They have a skull in which the upper jaw is fused to the cranium
- chimeral — Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses).
- chimeras — Plural form of chimera.
- chimeres — Plural form of chimere.
- chimeric — unreal; imaginary; visionary: a chimerical terrestrial paradise.
- chimerid — any fish of the genus Chimaera
- chinkara — an Indian gazelle, Gazella gazella bennetti
- chip art — microchip art
- chippers — to chirp or twitter.
- chiragra — a form of gout that occurs in the hands
- chirally — In a chiral manner; exhibiting chirality; like a left- or right-handed spiral.
- chirchik — a city in E Uzbekistan, E of Tashkent.
- chirpier — Comparative form of chirpy.
- chirpily — In a chirpy way.
- chirping — high pitched, repeated noises
- chirring — Present participle of chirr.
- chirrups — Plural form of chirrup.
- chirrupy — chirpy; cheerful.
- chiseler — a person who cheats or tricks; swindler.
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.