8-letter words containing c, o, h
- cathodic — pertaining to a cathode or phenomena in its vicinity.
- catholic — The Catholic Church is the branch of the Christian Church that accepts the Pope as its leader and is based in the Vatican in Rome.
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- cephalo- — indicating the head
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- chaconne — a musical form consisting of a set of continuous variations upon a ground bass
- chad box — (hardware) (IBM called this a "chip box") A metal box about the size of a lunchbox (or in some models a large wastebasket), for collecting the chad that accumulated in Iron Age card punches. You had to open the covers of the card punch periodically and empty the chad box. The bit bucket was notionally the equivalent device in the CPU enclosure, which was typically across the room in another great grey-and-blue box.
- chadlock — Alternative form of charlock.
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chalonic — of or relating to a chalone
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- chamfron — a piece of armour for a horse's head
- chamisos — Plural form of chamiso.
- chamonix — a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9514 (2006)
- chamorro — a member of one of the indigenous peoples of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
- chamotte — grog (def 3).
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- chanfron — a piece of plate armor for defending a horse's head.
- changkol — A type of hoe.
- chansons — Plural form of chanson.
- chaochow — Chaozhou.
- chaology — the study of chaos theory
- chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order
- chaotics — (literature) A recent branch of literary and cultural studies based on chaos theory and the inherent structure of apparently chaotic systems.
- chaozhou — a city in SE China, in E Guangdong province, on the Han River: river port. Pop: 480 000 (2005 est)
- chapbook — a book of popular ballads, stories, etc, formerly sold by chapmen or pedlars
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- charango — an Andean ten-stringed instrument of the lute family
- charcoal — Charcoal is a black substance obtained by burning wood without much air. It can be burned as a fuel, and small sticks of it are used for drawing with.
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- charlock — a weedy Eurasian plant, Sinapis arvensis (or Brassica kaber), with hairy stems and foliage and yellow flowers: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- charneco — a type of sweet wine originating from Portugal
- charonic — Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- charpoys — Plural form of charpoy.
- chatroom — a site on the internet, or another computer network, where users have group discussions by electronic mail, typically about one subject
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- chausson — Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1855–99, French composer.
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- chechako — cheechako
- check on — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- checkbox — A small box on a computer screen that, when selected by the user, is filled with a check mark to show that the feature described alongside it has been enabled.
- checkoff — the procedure whereby an employer pays the employee's union dues or other fees straight from his or her salary
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.