9-letter words containing s, a, c, h
- canthitis — an inflammation of the canthus
- capuchins — Plural form of capuchin.
- car chase — when one car is in quick pursuit of another
- car crash — a collision between motor vehicles
- cardshark — (chiefly, US) A cardsharp.
- cardsharp — a professional card player who cheats
- carothers — Wallace Hume1896-1937; U.S. chemist
- carthorse — A carthorse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
- case shot — a quantity of small projectiles enclosed in a single case, as a shrapnel shell, for firing from a gun
- cash card — A cash card is a card that banks give to their customers so that they can get money out of a cash dispenser.
- cash crop — A cash crop is a crop that is grown in order to be sold.
- cash desk — A cash desk is a place in a large shop where you pay for the things you want to buy.
- cash flow — The cash flow of a firm or business is the movement of money into and out of it.
- cash plan — A cash plan is money paid towards the insured’s optical or dental costs, and also admission to a hospital.
- cash sale — a transaction that specifies that securities must be delivered to the buyer on the day that the purchase is made
- cash-book — a journal in which all cash or cheque receipts and disbursements are recorded
- cashbooks — Plural form of cashbook.
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- cashiered — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cashierer — a person who rejects or dismisses from office
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- catch-ups — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- catchalls — Plural form of catchall.
- catchiest — Superlative form of catchy.
- catechise — to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
- catechism — In a Catholic, Episcopal, or Orthodox Church, the catechism is a series of questions and answers about religious beliefs, which has to be learned by people before they can become full members of that Church.
- catechist — a person who catechizes, esp. one who instructs catechumens
- catfights — Plural form of catfight.
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfishes — Plural form of catfish.
- catharise — purify
- catharses — Plural form of catharsis.
- catharsis — Catharsis is getting rid of unhappy memories or strong emotions such as anger or sadness by expressing them in some way.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- catheters — Plural form of catheter.
- catholics — Plural form of Catholic.
- cathouses — Plural form of cathouse.
- catstitch — catch stitch.
- cattishly — In a cattish manner.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephalous — having a head
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- chaconnes — Plural form of chaconne.
- chaffings — Plural form of chaffing.
- chain saw — A chain saw is a big saw with teeth fixed in a chain that is driven round by a motor.
- chain-saw — to cut or cut down (lumber, a tree, etc.) with a chain saw.