8-letter words containing e, n, c, h, r
- lynchers — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- menarche — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- michener — (Daniel) Roland, 1900–91, Canadian public official and diplomat: governor general 1967–74.
- new-rich — newly or suddenly wealthy.
- nichiren — (Zennichi; Zenshobo Rencho) 1222–82, Japanese Buddhist monk: founder of Nichiren Buddhism.
- nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- pinchers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinscher — one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- prepunch — to pierce with holes in advance
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- quencher — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- ranchero — a rancher.
- rebranch — (of a branch, tree, evolutionary tree, etc) to branch again
- relaunch — an act or instance of launching something again.
- retching — to make efforts to vomit.
- retrench — to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- revanche — the policy of a state intent on regaining areas of its original territory that have been lost to other states as a result of war, a treaty signed under duress, etc.
- richness — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- rondache — a small, round shield
- ruthenic — containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- schooner — Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
- schwerin — a state in NE Germany. 8842 sq. mi. (22,900 sq. km). Capital: Schwerin.
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- stancher — staunch2 .
- tranched — Finance. one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment: The loan will be repaid in three tranches. a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering: The second tranche of the bond issue has a five-year maturity.
- tranchet — a stone implement with a horizontal, chisellike cutting edge, found at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in macrolithic form, used as an adz, and in microlithic form, often mounted as the cutting head of an arrow.
- trencher — a person or thing that digs trenches.
- trenches — Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- unarched — (of a structure) not arched; lacking arches
- unbreech — to remove the breeches from (a person)
- uncharge — to acquit.
- uncipher — to decode; decipher
- unheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- unpreach — to retract or undo (preaching)
- vacherin — a soft French or Swiss cheese made from cows' milk
- wrenched — to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner's wrist.
- wrencher — One who, or that which, wrenches.