8-letter words containing r, a, c, h
- car hire — the act of renting a car
- car wash — a place or structure having special equipment for washing automobiles.
- caroches — Plural form of caroche.
- carphone — a telephone that operates by cellular radio for use in a car
- carritch — catechism
- carshare — to take turns in driving fellow commuters to and from work or friends' children to school and back, so as to avoid the unnecessary use of several underoccupied vehicles
- carthage — an ancient city state, on the N African coast near present-day Tunis. Founded about 800 bc by Phoenician traders, it grew into an empire dominating N Africa and the Mediterranean. Destroyed and then rebuilt by Rome, it was finally razed by the Arabs in 697 ad
- cartouch — Alternative form of cartouche.
- caschrom — a wooden hand-plough used to till the ground in the northwest of Scotland
- cash bar — A cash bar is a bar at a party or similar event where guests can buy drinks.
- cashiers — Plural form of cashier.
- cashmere — Cashmere is a kind of very fine, soft wool.
- cataphor — a word that refers to or stands for another word used later
- catchcry — a well-known, frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc
- catchers — Plural form of catcher.
- cathedra — a bishop's throne
- catheter — A catheter is a tube which is used to introduce liquids into a human body or to withdraw liquids from it.
- ceterach — any of a genus of ferns characterized by scales found on the underside of the fronds
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chadarim — plural of cheder.
- chaffery — the act of bargaining
- chaffier — consisting of, covered with, or resembling chaff.
- chagrins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin.
- chairing — a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chairman — The chairman of a committee, organization, or company is the head of it.
- chairmen — the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chalmers — Alexander, 1759–1834, Scottish biographer, editor, and journalist.
- chambers — a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- chambray — a smooth light fabric of cotton, linen, etc, with white weft and a coloured warp
- chamfers — Plural form of chamfer.
- chamfron — a piece of armour for a horse's head
- chamorro — a member of one of the indigenous peoples of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
- champart — the granting of land to a person on condition that a portion of the harvest will be given to the landowner
- champers — Champers is champagne.
- chancers — Plural form of chancer.
- chancery — In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor's court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice.
- chancier — Comparative form of chancy.
- chandler — a dealer in a specified trade or merchandise
- chanfron — a piece of plate armor for defending a horse's head.
- changers — Plural form of changer.
- channery — an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 inches (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
- chanters — Plural form of chanter.
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order
- chapelry — the district legally assigned to and served by an Anglican chapel
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- chapiter — the capital of a column