9-letter words containing t, e, a, c, h
- car thief — a person who steals automobiles
- carothers — Wallace Hume1896-1937; U.S. chemist
- carthorse — A carthorse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- cartwheel — If you do a cartwheel, you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position.
- case shot — a quantity of small projectiles enclosed in a single case, as a shrapnel shell, for firing from a gun
- catchable — to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
- catchiest — Superlative form of catchy.
- catchline — a slogan, esp one used in a political or advertising campaign
- catchment — In geography, catchment is the process of collecting water, in particular the process of water flowing from the ground and collecting in a river. Catchment is also the water that is collected in this way.
- catchpole — (in medieval England) a sheriff's officer who arrested debtors
- catchweed — a weedy plant with a prickly stem
- 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
- catechize — to teach or examine by means of questions and answers
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfishes — Plural form of catfish.
- catharise — purify
- catharize — to purify or make clean
- catharses — Plural form of catharsis.
- cathected — to invest emotion or feeling in (an idea, object, or another person).
- cathectic — of or relating to cathexis
- cathedral — A cathedral is a very large and important church which has a bishop in charge of it.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- catheptic — of or relating to enzymes that catalyze autolysis in death or pathological conditions
- catherine — Saint. died 307 ad, legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded
- catheters — Plural form of catheter.
- cathinone — (organic compound) The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone that is the active ingredient of khat.
- cathouses — Plural form of cathouse.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- cephalate — (of living organisms) possessing a head or headlike feature
- 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.
- chabazite — a pink, white, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, sodium, potassium, and aluminium in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al2Si4O12.6H2O
- chaetopod — any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or Polychaeta
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- chance it — take a chance or risk
- chanciest — Superlative form of chancy.
- chantable — able to be chanted or sung
- chanteuse — a female singer, esp in a nightclub or cabaret
- chantlike — Resembling a chant.
- chantress — a female chanter or singer
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chapleted — wearing a wreath or garland on the head