8-letter words containing e, c, h, i
- chimenea — An earthenware outdoor fireplace shaped like a light bulb, with the bulbous end housing the fire and typically supported by a wrought-iron stand.
- chimeral — Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses).
- chimeras — Plural form of chimera.
- chimeres — Plural form of chimere.
- chimeric — unreal; imaginary; visionary: a chimerical terrestrial paradise.
- chimerid — any fish of the genus Chimaera
- chiminea — a free-standing outdoor fireplace with a rounded body
- chimkent — city in SC Kazakhstan, north of Tashkent: pop. 439,000
- chimneys — Plural form of chimney.
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- chinbone — the front part of the jawbone that constitutes the chin
- chinfest — gabfest; bull session; rap session.
- chinless — having a receding chin
- chintzes — Plural form of chintz.
- chip set — (hardware) A collection of integrated circuits that are designed to be used together for some specific purpose. E.g. control circuitry in an IBM PC.
- chiphead — (slang) A microchip expert.
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- chippage — the fact or an instance of chipping: The pottery could not be insured against chippage.
- chippers — to chirp or twitter.
- chippewa — Ojibwa
- chippies — Plural form of chippy.
- chipsets — Plural form of chipset.
- chirpier — Comparative form of chirpy.
- chiseled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiseled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chiseler — a person who cheats or tricks; swindler.
- chivaree — shivaree.
- chivvied — Simple past tense and past participle of chivvy.
- chivvies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chivvy.
- 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
- choc-ice — A choc-ice is a small block of ice cream covered in chocolate.
- choicely — With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
- choicest — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- choiseul — an island in the SW Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands: hilly and densely forested. Area: 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- choleric — A choleric person gets angry very easily. You can also use choleric to describe a person who is very angry.
- chopines — Plural form of chopine.
- choppier — Comparative form of choppy.
- choregic — relating to a choregus
- choreoid — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- chosisme — a writing style in which plot and characterization are de-emphasized and people, events, and setting are recorded as though seen by the author through the lens of a camera.
- chowline — A line of people waiting for food.
- chowtime — the time for eating a meal
- chozerei — anything of little value; junk; garbage.
- chretien — (Joseph Jacques) Jean. born 1934, Canadian Liberal politician; prime minister of Canada (1993–2003)
- christen — When a baby is christened, he or she is given a name during the Christian ceremony of baptism. Compare baptize.
- christer — a Christian, esp. one actively engaged in proselytizing or evangelizing
- christie — Dame Agatha (Mary Clarissa). 1890–1976, British author of detective stories, many featuring Hercule Poirot, and several plays, including The Mousetrap (1952)
- chromide — any fish of the family Cichlidae
- chromite — a brownish-black mineral consisting of a ferrous chromic oxide in cubic crystalline form, occurring principally in basic igneous rocks: the only commercial source of chromium and its compounds. Formula: FeCr2O4