8-letter words containing m, h, o
- chamisos — Plural form of chamiso.
- chamonix — a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9514 (2006)
- chamorro — a member of one of the indigenous peoples of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
- chamotte — grog (def 3).
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- chatroom — a site on the internet, or another computer network, where users have group discussions by electronic mail, typically about one subject
- chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- chemico- — chemical
- chemosis — (medicine) A chemically-induced swelling of the mucous membrane of the eye.
- chemulpo — Inchon.
- chiefdom — a graded social group led by a chief whose position the chief usually accedes to
- chimango — Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
- chisholm — Shirley (Anita St. Hill) 1924–2005, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1969–83; first black woman elected to the House of Representatives.
- chloasma — the appearance on a person's skin, esp of the face, of patches of darker colour: associated with hormonal changes caused by liver disease or the use of oral contraceptives
- chloroma — A myeloid sarcoma.
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- choliamb — an imperfect iambic metre, with a spondee as the last foot
- chompers — (informal) teeth.
- chomping — Present participle of chomp.
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- chorioma — any benign or malignant tumor of chorionic tissue; choriocarcinoma.
- chosisme — a writing style in which plot and characterization are de-emphasized and people, events, and setting are recorded as though seen by the author through the lens of a camera.
- chowtime — the time for eating a meal
- chrismon — the monogram and symbol of Christ's name, also known as chi-rho, derived from the initial two letters of the word Christ in Greek
- chrisoms — Plural form of chrisom.
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- chromene — a compound derived from plants, used as an insecticide
- chromide — any fish of the family Cichlidae
- chromism — Chromatism.
- chromite — a brownish-black mineral consisting of a ferrous chromic oxide in cubic crystalline form, occurring principally in basic igneous rocks: the only commercial source of chromium and its compounds. Formula: FeCr2O4
- chromium — Chromium is a hard, shiny metallic element, used to make steel alloys and to coat other metals.
- chromize — to plate with chromium
- chromous — of or containing chromium in the divalent state
- chroneme — A basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- coachman — A coachman was a man who drove a coach that was pulled by horses.
- coachmen — Plural form of coachman.
- comanche — a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- comether — the act of persuading or coaxing
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- complish — to accomplish
- cornmoth — a moth, Tinea granella, whose larvae feed on grain
- cromlech — a circle of prehistoric standing stones
- crumhorn — a medieval woodwind instrument of bass pitch, consisting of an almost cylindrical tube curving upwards and blown through a double reed covered by a pierced cap
- dalmahoy — a bushy wig
- damehood — The fact or condition of being a dame.
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany