9-letter words containing h, c, a, i, n
- chantilly — a town in N France, near the Forest of Chantilly formerly famous for lace and porcelain. Pop: 10 902 (1999)
- chantlike — Resembling a chant.
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chaplains — Plural form of chaplain.
- char-ring — to do (housework, odd jobs, or chores); clean or repair.
- chariness — the state of being chary
- charminar — a 16th-century monument with four minarets at Hyderabad, India
- charmings — Plural form of charming.
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- chatelain — the keeper or governor of a castle
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- chelating — Having the ability to undergo chelation.
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
- chiacking — to jeer at; tease; deride.
- chicagoan — a native or inhabitant of Chicago, Ill.
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- chieftain — A chieftain is the leader of a tribe.
- chiengmai — a town in NW Thailand: teak, silver, silk industries: university (1964). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
- chilblain — Chilblains are painful red swellings which people sometimes get on their fingers or toes in cold weather.
- chiliagon — a thousand-sided polygon
- chimineas — Plural form of chiminea.
- chin ball — a device fastened under the chin of a bull to mark cows it has mounted
- china oil — a dark, molasseslike, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid having a warm, bitter taste, obtained from the leguminous tree, Myroxylon pereirae, of Central America: used in medicine, perfumery, and in the manufacture of chocolate.
- china sea — part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China: divided by Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south
- china tea — China tea is tea made from large dark-green or reddish-brown tea leaves. It is usually drunk without milk or sugar.
- chinampas — Plural form of chinampa.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chinatown — Chinatown is the name given to the area in a city where there are many Chinese shops and restaurants, and which is a social centre for the Chinese community in the city.
- chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
- chincapin — chinquapin
- chinkapin — chinquapin
- chinkiang — Older Spelling. Zhenjiang.
- chinookan — of the Chinooks or their language or culture
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- christian — A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- chthonian — of or relating to the underworld
- chu kiang — Zhu Jiang.
- chukotian — a group of genetically related languages spoken on the Chukchi and Kamchatka peninsulas in eastern Siberia, including Chukchi, Kamchadal, and Koryak.
- cinchonas — Plural form of cinchona.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- cliffhang — (of a serial or film) to end on a note of suspense