8-letter words containing c, i, r, h
- mizrachi — a Zionist movement, founded in 1902, chiefly devoted to furthering the integration of Zionism and religious orthodoxy.
- mouchoir — a handkerchief.
- new-rich — newly or suddenly wealthy.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nichiren — (Zennichi; Zenshobo Rencho) 1222–82, Japanese Buddhist monk: founder of Nichiren Buddhism.
- nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nurhachi — 1559–1626, Manchurian leader, who unified the Manchurian state and began (1618) the Manchurian conquest of China
- ochidore — a crab, variously the shore crab (Carcinus Maenas), spider crab (esp of the family Maioidea), or swimming crab (esp of the family Portunidae)
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- orchesis — the art of dance
- orchido- — testicle
- orchises — Plural form of orchis.
- orchitis — inflammation of the testis.
- orichalc — a yellow alloy derived from gold or copper
- ornithic — of or relating to birds.
- orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
- orthotic — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- overrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- parochin — a parish
- phreatic — noting or pertaining to ground water.
- pichurim — a Brazilian laurel tree
- pilchard — a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
- pinchers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinscher — one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
- prechill — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- prichard — a city in S Alabama.
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- rachilla — a small or secondary rachis, as the axis of a spikelet in a grass inflorescence.
- rachises — Plural form of rachis.
- rachitic — rickets.
- rachitis — rickets.
- ranching — an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- redditch — a town in W central England, in N Worcestershire: designated a new town in the mid-1960s; metal-working industries. Pop: 74 803 (2001)
- restitch — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- retching — to make efforts to vomit.
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- rhythmic — cadenced; rhythmical.
- richards — a male given name.
- richesse — richness or wealth
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- richness — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.