8-letter words containing e, n, c
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- chanteys — Plural form of chantey.
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- charente — a department of W central France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: Angoulême. Pop: 341 275 (2003 est). Area: 5972 sq km (2329 sq miles)
- charlene — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charlyne — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charneco — a type of sweet wine originating from Portugal
- charnels — Plural form of charnel.
- charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
- chastens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chasten.
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.
- chauncey — a masculine name
- cheapens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheapen.
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- chechnya — ethnic region in the N Caucasus, Russia: since 1991 its status as a political subdivision of the Russian Federation has been disputed by the Chechens
- check in — When you check in or check into a hotel or clinic, or if someone checks you in, you arrive and go through the necessary procedures before you stay there.
- check on — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- check-in — the act or fact of checking in.
- checking — the process of making sure that something is correct or satisfactory
- cheeking — Present participle of cheek.
- cheeping — Present participle of cheep.
- cheer on — When you cheer someone on, you shout loudly in order to encourage them, for example when they are taking part in a game.
- cheering — encouraging shouts from supporters, admirers etc
- cheesing — the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
- chekiang — Zhejiang
- chellean — Abbevillian
- chemnitz — a city in E Germany, in Saxony, at the foot of the Erzgebirge: textiles, engineering. Pop: 249 922 (2003 est)
- chengteh — Chengde
- cheniere — a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- chenille — Chenille is cloth or clothing made from a type of thick furry thread.
- chenopod — any flowering plant of the family Chenopodiaceae, which includes the beet, mangel-wurzel, spinach, and goosefoot
- chephren — (Chephren) flourished late 26th century b.c, Egyptian king of the fourth dynasty (son of Cheops): builder of second pyramid at El Giza.
- chequing — (British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of checking.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- cheshunt — a town in SE England, in SE Hertfordshire: a dormitory town of London. Pop: 55 275 (2001)
- cheshvan — (in the Jewish calendar) the eighth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the second month of the civil year, usually falling within October and November
- chesnutt — Charles Waddell [wo-del] /wɒˈdɛl/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- chessman — any of the eight pieces and eight pawns used by each player in a game of chess
- chessmen — any piece used in the game of chess.
- chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- chevrons — Plural form of chevron.
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
- cheyenne — a member of a Native American people of the western Plains, now living chiefly in Montana and Oklahoma
- chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
- chicanes — Plural form of chicane.
- chickens — Plural form of chicken.
- chicness — the condition of being stylish or elegant
- childern — Eye dialect of children.