8-letter words containing h, a, r
- chloroma — A myeloid sarcoma.
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- chokidar — (in India) a warden, custodian, or gatekeeper
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- choragus — the leader of a chorus
- chorales — Plural form of chorale.
- chorally — of a chorus or a choir: She heads our new choral society.
- chordata — the phylum comprising the chordates.
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- chorioma — any benign or malignant tumor of chorionic tissue; choriocarcinoma.
- chresard — the amount of water present in the soil that is available to plants
- chrismal — Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- chrystal — Obsolete spelling of crystal.
- chukkars — one of the periods of play.
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- chyluria — the presence of chyle in urine
- citharas — Plural form of cithara.
- clarsach — the Celtic harp of Scotland and Ireland
- clashers — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- clashier — Comparative form of clashy.
- clathrin — a basketlike network of protein molecules that forms on the cell membrane in response to the attachment of ligands to receptors and becomes the inside surface of the coated vesicle during endocytosis.
- clithral — (of a classical temple) roofed over.
- clochard — a tramp
- co-chair — a person who chairs a committee, meeting, etc. jointly with another or others
- coachers — Plural form of coacher.
- coanchor — to be one of the copresenters of (a television news programme)
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cochlear — a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals.
- copperah — copra.
- coranach — Alternative form of coronach.
- corcaigh — a city and port in S Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Cork, at the mouth of the River Lee: seat of the University College of Cork (1849). Pop: 186 239 (2002)
- coronach — a dirge or lamentation for the dead
- crabbish — Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
- crachach — (in Wales) members of a cultural elite
- crankish — mildly eccentric
- crashers — Plural form of crasher.
- crashing — (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
- crashpad — a place to sleep or live temporarily
- cratches — a crib for fodder; manger.
- crawfish — A crawfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.
- crayfish — A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
- crenshaw — a hybrid variety of melon with yellow skin and pale pink flesh
- curraghs — Plural form of curragh.
- cytherea — Aphrodite