9-letter words containing e, c, a, s, h
- cashierer — a person who rejects or dismisses from office
- catchiest — Superlative form of catchy.
- catechise — to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
- catechism — In a Catholic, Episcopal, or Orthodox Church, the catechism is a series of questions and answers about religious beliefs, which has to be learned by people before they can become full members of that Church.
- catechist — a person who catechizes, esp. one who instructs catechumens
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfishes — Plural form of catfish.
- catharise — purify
- catharses — Plural form of catharsis.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- catheters — Plural form of catheter.
- cathouses — Plural form of cathouse.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephalous — having a head
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- chaconnes — Plural form of chaconne.
- chainless — having no chain or chains
- chairside — Relating to activities that happen next to the dental chair during treatment.
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- chanciest — Superlative form of chancy.
- chandlers — Plural form of chandler.
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- chanteuse — a female singer, esp in a nightclub or cabaret
- chantress — a female chanter or singer
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
- chariness — the state of being chary
- charities — Plural form of charity.
- charles i — title as Holy Roman Emperor of Charlemagne
- charles v — known as Charles the Wise. 1337–80, king of France (1364–80) during the Hundred Years' War
- charles x — title of Charles Gustavus. 1622–60, king of Sweden, who warred with Poland and Denmark in an attempt to create a unified Baltic state
- charmeuse — a lightweight fabric with a satin-like finish
- charmless — If you say that something or someone is charmless, you mean that they are unattractive or uninteresting.
- charoseth — haroseth.
- charteris — Leslie, original name Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin. 1907–93, British novelist, born in Singapore: created the character Simon Templar, known as The Saint, the central character in many adventure novels
- chartless — not mapped; uncharted
- chaseable — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- chassepot — a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army
- chasseurs — Plural form of chasseur.
- chastened — subdued; humbled
- chastener — to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- chastised — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.