9-letter words containing e, t, h, a
- chastised — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chastiser — Someone who chastises.
- chastises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chastise.
- chastized — Simple past tense and past participle of chastize.
- chatelain — the keeper or governor of a castle
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- chattered — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- chatterer — A chatterer is the same as a chatterbox.
- chatterji — Bankim Chandra [buhng-kim chuhn-druh] /ˈbʌŋ kɪm ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1838–94, Indian novelist in the Bengali language.
- chattiest — Superlative form of chatty.
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- cheap out — to take the cheapest option; try to do something as cheaply as possible
- cheat day — a day in which a person goes off a dietary regimen: Today’s my cheat day, so I’m eating pizza and ice cream.
- checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
- cheesevat — (in cheese making) a vat in which curds are formed and cut
- chelating — Having the ability to undergo chelation.
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chelators — Plural form of chelator.
- chemostat — an apparatus for growing bacterial cultures at a constant rate by controlling the supply of nutrient medium
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- chennault — Claire Lee [klair] /klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1890–1958, U.S. Air Force general.
- cheralite — a rare monazite mineral consisting of thorium and calcium
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
- chieftain — A chieftain is the leader of a tribe.
- china tea — China tea is tea made from large dark-green or reddish-brown tea leaves. It is usually drunk without milk or sugar.
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chocolate — Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet.
- choluteca — a city in S Honduras.
- chopsteak — chopped steak.
- chordates — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- clarthead — a slow-witted or stupid person
- clathrate — resembling a net or lattice
- cleantech — (industry) Technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.
- cleanthes — ?300–?232 bc, Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school
- cleithral — (of Greek temples) covered with a roof
- cochleate — shaped like a snail's shell; spirally twisted
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitee — A person who cohabits with another.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobated — to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
- cohobates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate.
- cot death — Cot death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- cothamore — a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cyberchat — Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
- cyclepath — a special path for the exclusive use of cyclists