10-letter words containing c, h
- chrysippus — 280–209? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- chrysostom — Saint John. ?345–407 ad, Greek patriarch; archbishop of Constantinople (398–404). Feast day: Sept 13 or Nov 13
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- chuang-tzu — Also, Chwang-tse. (Chuang Chow) flourished 4th century b.c, Chinese mystic and philosopher.
- chubb lock — a type of lock with a device that sets the bolt immovably if the lock is picked
- chubbiness — round and plump: a chubby child; a chubby face.
- chubsucker — any of several stout suckers of the genus Erimyzon, inhabiting sluggish streams, backwaters, and lakes of the central and eastern U.S.
- chuck away — If you chuck something away, you throw it away or waste it.
- chuck-full — chock-full
- chuckholes — Plural form of chuckhole.
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- chuckwalla — a lizard, Sauromalus obesus, that has an inflatable body and inhabits desert regions of the southwestern US: family Iguanidae (iguanas)
- chuffiness — the quality of being chuffy; boorishness
- chug-a-lug — to consume (a drink) in one gulp
- chumminess — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chundering — vomit.
- chunderous — nauseating
- chunkiness — The state of being chunky.
- chuntering — to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- chupacabra — An animal said to exist in parts of Latin America, where it supposedly attacks animals, especially goats.
- church key — a device with a triangular point at one end for making holes in the tops of cans
- churchgoer — A churchgoer is a person who goes to church regularly.
- churchless — (of a person) not belonging to a church
- churchlike — resembling or appropriate to a church: churchlike silence.
- churchward — in the direction of the church
- churchyard — A churchyard is an area of land around a church where dead people are buried.
- churlishly — In a churlish manner.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- chuttering — Present participle of chutter.
- chwang-tse — Chuang-tzu (def 1).
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cibachrome — the old name for the Ilfochrome photographic printing process
- cibophobia — The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food.
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- cimeliarch — a room for keeping the valuables of a church.
- cinch belt — a wide belt of elastic, leather, or fabric with a clasp or lacing in front, worn tightly to make the waist look smaller.
- cinchonine — an insoluble crystalline alkaloid isolated from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria. Formula: C19H22N2O
- cinchonism — a condition resulting from an excessive dose of cinchona bark or its alkaloids, characterized chiefly by headache, ringing in the ears, and vomiting
- cinchonize — to treat (a patient) with cinchona or one of its alkaloids, esp quinine
- cinephiles — Plural form of cinephile.
- ciphertext — encrypted text
- citizenish — Of the nature of citizens.
- civic hall — a public venue, often used for recreational facilities such as sports clubs or music concerts
- cladophyll — a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf
- clairseach — an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.
- clam-shell — the shell of a clam.