8-letter words containing c, h, t, o
- chepstow — a town in S Wales, in Monmouthshire on the River Wye: tourism, light industry. Pop: 10 821 (2001)
- cheroots — Plural form of cheroot.
- chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- chillout — (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chlorite — any of a group of green soft secondary minerals consisting of the hydrated silicates of aluminium, iron, and magnesium in monoclinic crystalline form: common in metamorphic rocks
- choicest — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- chooseth — Archaic third-person singular form of choose.
- chordata — the phylum comprising the chordates.
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- chortled — to chuckle gleefully.
- chortler — One who chortles.
- chortles — Plural form of chortle.
- chotchke — an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.
- chouette — a variation of a two-handed game, as backgammon, allowing the participation of three or more persons, in which one player accepts the bets of all the others on the outcome of a game between that player and one other active player, who is permitted to receive advice from the nonplayers.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- chowtime — the time for eating a meal
- christo- — indicating or relating to Christ
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- chromite — a brownish-black mineral consisting of a ferrous chromic oxide in cubic crystalline form, occurring principally in basic igneous rocks: the only commercial source of chromium and its compounds. Formula: FeCr2O4
- chthonic — chthonian
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- clothing — Clothing is the things that people wear.
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cockshut — dusk
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- cohenite — a rare microscopic mineral, carbide of iron, nickel, or cobalt, (Fe, Ni, Co) 3 C, found in lunar rocks and some meteorites.
- coherent — If something is coherent, it is well planned, so that it is clear and sensible and all its parts go well with each other.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- comether — the act of persuading or coaxing
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- conchate — conchiform
- conchita — a female given name.
- connacht — a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. Pop: 464 296 (2002). Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles)
- cornmoth — a moth, Tinea granella, whose larvae feed on grain
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- couchant — in a lying position
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- covereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cover.
- coveteth — Archaic third-person singular form of covet.
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crochets — Plural form of crochet.
- crotched — Having a crotch or fork; forked.
- crotches — a forking or place of forking, as of the human body between the legs.
- crotchet — A crotchet is a musical note that has a time value equal to two quavers.
- cudworth — Ralph. 1617–88, English philosopher and theologian. His works include True Intellectual System of the Universe (1678) and A Treatise concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731)