7-letter words containing h, m, c
- chemsex — sexual activity performed while under the influence of psychoactive drugs
- chereme — any of a small set of elements, analogous to the phoneme in speech, proposed as the basic structural units by which the signs of a sign language are represented, and including the handshapes, hand movements, and locations of the hands in relation to the body employed in a particular sign language.
- chetrum — a Bhutanese unit of money, worth one hundredth of a ngultrum
- chiasma — the cross-shaped connection produced by the crossing over of pairing chromosomes during meiosis
- chiasmi — Plural form of chiasmus.
- chillum — a short pipe, usually of clay, used esp for smoking cannabis
- chimera — A chimera is an unrealistic idea that you have about something or a hope that you have that is unlikely to be fulfilled.
- chimere — a sleeveless red or black gown, part of a bishop's formal dress though not a vestment
- chiming — Present participle of chime.
- chimist — Someone who plays the chimes.
- chimley — Alternative form of chimbley.
- chimney — A chimney is a pipe through which smoke goes up into the air, usually through the roof of a building.
- chingma — the fiber of the Indian mallow.
- chinmen — Quemoy.
- chirmed — Simple past tense and past participle of chirm.
- chlamys — a short woollen cloak, secured on the right shoulder, worn by ancient Greek men and soldiers
- chommie — a friend, used esp by Black males and Afrikaans-speakers
- chomped — Simple past tense and past participle of chomp.
- chomper — a person who chomps
- chomsky — (Avram) Noam (ˈnəʊəm). born 1928, US linguist and political critic. His theory of language structure, transformational generative grammar, superseded the behaviourist view of Leonard Bloomfield
- chrisom — a white robe put on an infant at baptism and formerly used as a burial shroud if the infant died soon afterwards
- chromed — Chromium-plated.
- chromel — a nickel-based alloy containing about 10 per cent chromium, used in heating elements
- chromic — of or containing chromium in the trivalent state
- chromo- — indicating colour, coloured, or pigment
- chromyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent radical CrO2
- chumash — a printed book containing one of the Five Books of Moses
- chumble — To peck at or nibble.
- chummed — cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish to the area where one is fishing.
- chymify — to form into chyme
- chymist — Obsolete spelling of chemist.
- commeth — (obsolete) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of come.
- commish — (informal) commissioner.
- cumshaw — (used, esp formerly, by beggars in Chinese ports) a present or tip
- cumshot — (vulgar, slang) A sex act in pornographic films in which a man ejaculates onto his partner's body.
- cushman — Charlotte Saunders [sawn-derz,, sahn-] /ˈsɔn dərz,, ˈsɑn-/ (Show IPA), 1816–76, U.S. actress.
- dashcam — a small video camera situated on the dashboard of a vehicle, used to record the view through the windscreen
- dharmic — (of religion or beliefs) of Indian origin
- drachma — a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 lepta. Abbreviation: dr., drch.
- drachms — Plural form of drachm.
- duchamp — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1887–1968, French painter, in U.S. after 1915 (brother of Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Jacques Villon).
- echoism — onomatopoeia.
- ecthyma — a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats and occasionally of humans, marked by vesicular and pustular lesions on the lips.
- encharm — to enchant; bewitch
- hackman — the driver of a hack or taxi.
- hackmen — Plural form of hackman.
- hamachi — The Japanese name for Pacific yellowtail, especially when used in sushi and sashimi.
- hamitic — (especially formerly) the non-Semitic branches of the Afroasiatic language family.
- hammock — hummock (def 1).
- hazchem — a word used on warning signs to indicate the presence of hazardous chemicals