5-letter words containing c
- chode — (archaic) Simple past form of chide.
- choil — An unsharpened section of a knife blade in front of the guard on the blade.
- choir — A choir is a group of people who sing together, for example in a church or school.
- choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- choko — the cucumber-like fruit of a tropical American cucurbitaceous vine, Sechium edule: eaten as a vegetable in the Caribbean, Australia, and New Zealand
- choky — involving, caused by, or causing choking
- chola — the conventional attire of Sikhs consisting of a long, loose shirt
- chole — A spicy Indian chickpea curry.
- choli — a short-sleeved bodice, as worn by Indian women
- cholo — a person who is descended from both European and Native American parents
- choly — (informal) cholecystitis.
- chomo — (prison slang) child molester.
- chomp — If a person or animal chomps their way through food or chomps on food, they chew it noisily.
- choof — to move in a particular manner or direction
- chook — a hen or chicken
- choom — an Englishman
- choon — a piece of recorded music that one likes
- chopa — any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- chope — (Singapore) to reserve a place, such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
- chops — the jaws or cheeks; jowls
- chord — A chord is a number of musical notes played or sung at the same time with a pleasing effect.
- chore — A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
- choro — (music) A genre of Brazilian popular music.
- chose — Chose is the past tense of choose.
- chota — small, lesser, or minor
- chott — shott
- chout — an amount obtained by blackmail equal to a quarter, originally applied to the amount obtained by the Mahrattas in India from their territories in exchange for protection from pillage
- choux — a cabbage-shaped decoration, as a rosette or knot on a woman's dress, hat, etc.
- chowk — a marketplace or market area
- chows — Plural form of chow.
- chris — a male given name, form of Christopher.
- chron — (geology) A period of time between two geomagnetic reversals.
- chuba — A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool worn by Tibetans.
- chubb — a type of patent lock containing a device that sets the bolt immovably if the lock is picked
- chubs — Plural form of chub.
- chuck — When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way.
- chufa — a sedge, Cyperus esculentus, of warm regions of the Old World, with nutlike edible tubers
- chuff — a puffing sound of or as if of a steam engine
- chugs — a large gulp or swallow: He finished his beer in two chugs.
- chulo — a dandified or effeminate man.
- chump — If you call someone who you like a chump, you are telling them that they have done something rather stupid or foolish, or that they are always doing stupid things.
- chums — chum salmon.
- chung — (in Confucianism) conscientiousness in one's dealings with others.
- chunk — Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it.
- chupe — A stew containing meat and potatoes, part of Chilean and Peruvian cuisine.
- churl — a surly ill-bred person
- churn — A churn is a container which is used for making butter.
- churr — a low, trilled or whirring sound made by some birds or insects
- chuse — Obsolete spelling of choose.
- chute — A chute is a steep, narrow slope down which people or things can slide.