8-letter words containing c, o, h
- couching — a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
- cough up — If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
- coughers — Plural form of cougher.
- coughing — the action of expelling air or solid matter from the lungs abruptly and explosively through the partially closed vocal cords
- coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- 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.
- cowhands — Plural form of cowhand.
- cowherds — Plural form of cowherd.
- cowhides — Plural form of cowhide.
- cowhouse — a shelter for cows; a byre or cowshed
- cowsheds — Plural form of cowshed.
- coyishly — in a coyish manner
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crochets — Plural form of crochet.
- cromlech — a circle of prehistoric standing stones
- crossish — slightly cross; peevish
- 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.
- crouched — to stoop or bend low.
- croucher — Agent noun of crouch: one who crouches.
- crouches — Plural form of crouch.
- crow-hop — a short hop.
- crumhorn — a medieval woodwind instrument of bass pitch, consisting of an almost cylindrical tube curving upwards and blown through a double reed covered by a pierced cap
- 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)
- cushions — Plural form of cushion.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- debouche — an outlet, as for troops to debouch through
- deschool — to separate education from the institution of school and operate through the pupil's life experience as opposed to a set curriculum
- diadochi — the six Macedonian generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, fought for control of his empire in the Wars of the Diadochi (321–281 bc)
- diadochy — the replacement of one element in a crystal by another
- dichotic — relating to or involving the stimulation of each ear simultaneously by different sounds
- dichroic — (of a solution or uniaxial crystal) exhibiting dichroism
- disvouch — to dissociate oneself from
- dobchick — Alternative form of dabchick.
- docherty — Pete. born 1979, English rock musician and songwriter; member of The Libertines (1997–2004) and Babyshambles (from 2005)
- dochmiac — resembling a dochmius in form or structure
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- dockhand — a dockworker.
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- dohickey — Alternative spelling of doohickey.
- dolichos — a genus of tropical vines
- douching — Present participle of douche.
- droschke — Alternative form of droshky.
- durocher — Leo Ernest ("The Lip") 1905–91, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin