8-letter words containing c, o, h
- checkrow — a row of plants, esp corn, in which the spaces between adjacent plants are equal to those between adjacent rows to facilitate cultivation
- cheer on — When you cheer someone on, you shout loudly in order to encourage them, for example when they are taking part in a game.
- cheerios — Plural form of cheerio.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chemico- — chemical
- chemosis — (medicine) A chemically-induced swelling of the mucous membrane of the eye.
- chemulpo — Inchon.
- chenopod — any flowering plant of the family Chenopodiaceae, which includes the beet, mangel-wurzel, spinach, and goosefoot
- chepstow — a town in S Wales, in Monmouthshire on the River Wye: tourism, light industry. Pop: 10 821 (2001)
- 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.
- chevrons — Plural form of chevron.
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
- chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- chibouks — Plural form of chibouk.
- chicanos — of or relating to Mexican-Americans or their culture.
- chiccory — chicory.
- chickory — Alternative spelling of chicory.
- chiclayo — a city in NW Peru. Pop: 434 000 (2005 est)
- chicopee — city in SW Mass., on the Connecticut River: pop. 55,000
- chiefdom — a graded social group led by a chief whose position the chief usually accedes to
- chiffons — Plural form of chiffon.
- chignons — Plural form of chignon.
- chilidog — A hot dog made with chili con carne.
- chillout — (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.
- chilopod — any arthropod of the class Chilopoda, which includes the centipedes
- chimango — Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
- 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)
- chin job — a cosmetic operation to improve the shape of the chin
- chinbone — the front part of the jawbone that constitutes the chin
- chinchow — Jinzhou
- chingola — a town in N central Zambia.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chinooks — Plural form of chinook.
- chioggia — a city in NE Italy, on an island at the S end of the Lagoon of Venice.
- chip box — chad box
- chip log — a log for determining a vessel's speed, consisting of a wooden chip tossed overboard at the end of a line that is marked off in lengths of 47 feet 3 inches; the speed is calculated by counting the number of such intervals that pass overboard in a 28-second interval
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- chisholm — Shirley (Anita St. Hill) 1924–2005, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1969–83; first black woman elected to the House of Representatives.
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chloasma — the appearance on a person's skin, esp of the face, of patches of darker colour: associated with hormonal changes caused by liver disease or the use of oral contraceptives
- chlodwig — German name of Clovis I.
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chloride — Chloride is a chemical compound of chlorine and another substance.
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- 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
- chloroma — A myeloid sarcoma.
- chlorous — of or containing chlorine in the trivalent state
- choaking — Present participle of choak.
- choanoid — (anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals.