9-letter words containing h, a, e, m
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
- birthname — a name given at birth
- blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- cachaemia — a poisoned condition of the blood
- cachaemic — of or relating to cachaemia
- cam wheel — a wheel, with an off-center axis or irregular shape, that functions as a cam.
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- care home — A care home is a large house or institution where people with particular problems or special needs are looked after.
- catchment — In geography, catchment is the process of collecting water, in particular the process of water flowing from the ground and collecting in a river. Catchment is also the water that is collected in this way.
- 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.
- cauchemar — a nightmare
- chalumeau — an early reed instrument, the precursor of the clarinet
- chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- chamberer — someone who attends to a bed chamber; chambermaid or chamberlain
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- chameleon — A chameleon is a kind of lizard whose skin changes colour to match the colour of its surroundings.
- chamfered — a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Compare bevel.
- chaminade — Cécile Louise Stéphanie [sey-seel lweez stey-fa-nee] /seɪˈsil lwiz steɪ faˈni/ (Show IPA), 1857–1944, French pianist and composer.
- chamomile — camomile
- chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- champagne — Champagne is an expensive French white wine with bubbles in. It is often drunk to celebrate something.
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- champleve — of or relating to a process of enamelling by which grooves are cut into a metal base and filled with enamel colours
- charmante — Silk fabric with a crepe back.
- 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.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- checkmark — a tick
- checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
- chemicals — the commercial production and sale of chemical products
- chemostat — an apparatus for growing bacterial cultures at a constant rate by controlling the supply of nutrient medium
- chempaduk — an evergreen moraceous tree, Artocarpus champeden (or A. integer), of Malaysia, similar to the jackfruit
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- cheongsam — a straight dress, usually of silk or cotton, with a stand-up collar and a slit in one side of the skirt, worn by Chinese women
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- chiengmai — a town in NW Thailand: teak, silver, silk industries: university (1964). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
- chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
- chimaeric — (of a molecule) having two genetically different components
- chimineas — Plural form of chiminea.
- chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chokedamp — blackdamp
- chokeslam — A wrestling move in which someone is picked up by their neck and is driven into the mat.
- cholaemia — a toxic medical condition indicated by the presence of bile in the blood
- cholaemic — of or relating to cholaemia