8-letter words containing i, h, e, a
- camphine — rectified oil of turpentine
- camphire — henna
- car hire — the act of renting a car
- cashiers — Plural form of cashier.
- catechin — a soluble yellow solid substance found in catechu and mahogany wood and used in tanning and dyeing. Formula: C15H14O6
- cathexis — concentration of psychic energy on a single goal
- cavefish — any of various small freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the genera Amblyopsis, Chologaster, etc, living in subterranean and other waters in S North America
- cephalic — of or relating to the head
- cephalin — a phospholipid, similar to lecithin, that occurs in the nerve tissue and brain
- chabasie — Dated form of chabazite.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chaffier — consisting of, covered with, or resembling chaff.
- chainage — a length as measured by a surveyor's chain or tape.
- chainlet — a small chain of hotels, shops, etc
- chairmen — the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chaliced — (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers
- chalices — Plural form of chalice.
- chancier — Comparative form of chancy.
- chapiter — the capital of a column
- chappies — Plural form of chappie.
- charidee — a jocular spelling of charity, as pronounced in a mid-Atlantic accent
- chariest — Superlative form of chary.
- charlies — a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charrier — Comparative form of charry.
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- chastize — Alternative form of chastise.
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.
- chattier — Comparative form of chatty.
- chazerei — anything of little value; junk; garbage.
- cheapish — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- chekiang — Zhejiang
- chemical — Chemical means involving or resulting from a reaction between two or more substances, or relating to the substances that something consists of.
- chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
- chicanes — Plural form of chicane.
- chichewa — the language of the Chewa people of central Africa, widely used as a lingua franca in Malawi. It belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
- chickpea — Chickpeas are hard round seeds that look like pale-brown peas. They can be cooked and eaten.
- chigetai — a variety of the Asiatic wild ass, Equus hemionus, of Mongolia
- chimaera — any tapering smooth-skinned cartilaginous deep-sea fish of the subclass Holocephali (or Bradyodonti), esp any of the genus Chimaera. They have a skull in which the upper jaw is fused to the cranium
- chimenea — An earthenware outdoor fireplace shaped like a light bulb, with the bulbous end housing the fire and typically supported by a wrought-iron stand.
- chimeral — Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses).
- chimeras — Plural form of chimera.
- chiminea — a free-standing outdoor fireplace with a rounded body
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- chiphead — (slang) A microchip expert.
- chippage — the fact or an instance of chipping: The pottery could not be insured against chippage.
- chippewa — Ojibwa
- chivaree — shivaree.