9-letter words containing r, a, c, h, i
- charbroil — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- chargrill — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- chariness — the state of being chary
- charismas — Plural form of charisma.
- charities — Plural form of charity.
- charivari — a discordant mock serenade to newlyweds, made with pans, kettles, etc
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- charles i — title as Holy Roman Emperor of Charlemagne
- charminar — a 16th-century monument with four minarets at Hyderabad, India
- charmings — Plural form of charming.
- charolais — a breed of large white beef cattle that originated in France
- charteris — Leslie, original name Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin. 1907–93, British novelist, born in Singapore: created the character Simon Templar, known as The Saint, the central character in many adventure novels
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- chartists — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- chastiser — Someone who chastises.
- chatterji — Bankim Chandra [buhng-kim chuhn-druh] /ˈbʌŋ kɪm ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1838–94, Indian novelist in the Bengali language.
- checkrail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- chelicera — one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- cheralite — a rare monazite mineral consisting of thorium and calcium
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chiarezza — clarity
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- chickaree — another name for American red squirrel
- childcare — Childcare refers to looking after children, and to the facilities which help parents to do so.
- chiliarch — (in ancient Greece and Rome) the leader or commanding officer of a thousand soldiers
- chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
- chimaeric — (of a molecule) having two genetically different components
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- 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.
- chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
- chiragric — a person who suffers from chiagra
- chirality — the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound
- chirimoya — cherimoya.
- chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
- 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.
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- christian — A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- christmas — Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.
- chromatic — In music, chromatic means related to the scale that consists only of semitones.