9-letter words containing h, g
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- changzhou — a city in E China, in S Jiangsu province, on the Grand Canal: also known as Wutsin until 1949, when the 7th-century name was officially readopted. Pop: 2 085 500 (2004 est)
- char-ring — to do (housework, odd jobs, or chores); clean or repair.
- charangas — Plural form of charanga.
- charangos — Plural form of charango.
- charge up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargeful — onerous; expensive
- chargeoff — Alternative spelling of charge off.
- chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
- chargrill — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- charmings — Plural form of charming.
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- chelating — Having the ability to undergo chelation.
- chengchow — Zhengzhou
- 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
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- cheruping — Present participle of cherup.
- chevening — a mansion and estate in SE England, in western Kent: the official country residence of the British foreign secretary
- chiacking — to jeer at; tease; deride.
- chicagoan — a native or inhabitant of Chicago, Ill.
- chickling — a very small chick
- chidingly — In a chiding manner.
- chidlings — the intestines of an animal, esp a pig, prepared as food
- chiefling — a minor chief
- chiengmai — a town in NW Thailand: teak, silver, silk industries: university (1964). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
- chili dog — a hot dog with chilli
- chiliagon — a thousand-sided polygon
- chilidogs — Plural form of chilidog.
- 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
- chinkiang — Older Spelling. Zhenjiang.
- 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.
- chiragric — a person who suffers from chiagra
- chirology — Palm reading.
- chirpsing — Present participle of chirpse.
- chirurgie — (archaic) surgery.
- 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.
- chitlings — the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.
- chivvying — Present participle of chivvy.
- chiyogami — a type of highly decorated, colourful craft paper used for origami
- choirgirl — a girl who sings in a church choir
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- chongqing — a river port in SW China, capital of Chongqing municipality (traditionally in Sichuan province) at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers: site of a city since the 3rd millennium bc; wartime capital of China (1938–45); major trade centre for W China. Pop: 4 975 000 (2005 est)
- choplogic — excessively complicated argument
- chorology — the study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region
- chortling — to chuckle gleefully.
- chorusing — Present participle of chorus.
- chromagen — (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein.
- chromogen — a compound that forms coloured compounds on oxidation