9-letter words containing h, c, i
- ching-t'u — Pure Land.
- chinglish — written or spoken English that is influenced by Chinese vocabulary and grammatical structure and used primarily by native speakers of Chinese
- chinkapin — chinquapin
- chinkiang — Older Spelling. Zhenjiang.
- chinookan — of the Chinooks or their language or culture
- chinovnik — an office-holder or bureaucrat serving in the Tsarist Russian government
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chioppine — Alternative form of chopine.
- chip shop — A chip shop is a shop which sells hot food such as fish and chips, fried chicken, sausages, and meat pies. The food is cooked in the shop and people take it away to eat at home or in the street.
- chip shot — a short approach shot to the green, esp one that is lofted
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
- chipheads — Plural form of chiphead.
- chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
- chipmunks — Plural form of chipmunk.
- chipolata — a small sausage in a narrow casing
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- chippable — having the ability to be reduced to small pieces
- chippered — to chirp or twitter.
- chippeway — Chippewa.
- chippings — Wood chippings or stone chippings are small pieces of wood or stone which are used, for example, to cover surfaces such as paths or roads.
- chipproof — resistant to chipping.
- chiragric — a person who suffers from chiagra
- chirality — the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound
- chirimoya — cherimoya.
- chirology — Palm reading.
- chironomy — the craft or artistry of moving the hands by following a standard or formula in relation to theatrical, oratory, or musical performance
- chiropody — Chiropody is the professional treatment and care of people's feet.
- chiropter — an animal of the order Chiroptera; a bat
- chirpsing — Present participle of chirpse.
- chirruped — Simple past tense and past participle of chirrup.
- chirurgie — (archaic) surgery.
- chisel in — to force oneself upon others without being asked or welcomed
- chiselers — Plural form of chiseler.
- chiseling — a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- chiselled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiselled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chiseller — a person who uses a chisel
- chishtiya — a Sufi order of the Indian subcontinent.
- chisimaio — a port in S Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. Pop: reliable recent estimates are not available
- chit-chat — Chit-chat is informal talk about things that are not very important.
- chitchats — Plural form of chitchat.
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
- chitinous — a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- chitlings — the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.
- chittered — Simple past tense and past participle of chitter.
- chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
- chivvying — Present participle of chivvy.
- chiyogami — a type of highly decorated, colourful craft paper used for origami
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- 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.