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10-letter words containing ch

  • bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
  • bronchitic — acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.
  • bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
  • bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
  • buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
  • buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
  • bull chain — a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill.
  • bunch pink — sweet william.
  • bunchberry — a dwarf variety of dogwood native to North America, Cornus canadensis, having red berries
  • bunchgrass — grass that grows in tufts
  • bunny chow — a dish consisting of a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry
  • burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
  • bust chops — Usually, chops. the jaw.
  • cache line — (storage)   (Or cache block) The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache. Rather than reading a single word or byte from main memory at a time, each cache entry is usually holds a certain number of words, known as a "cache line" or "cache block" and a whole line is read and cached at once. This takes advantage of the principle of locality of reference: if one location is read then nearby locations (particularly following locations) are likely to be read soon afterward. It can also take advantage of page-mode DRAM which allows faster access to consecutive locations.
  • cache miss — (storage)   A request to read from memory which cannot be satisfied from the cache, for which the main memory has to be consulted. Opposite: cache hit.
  • cache-sexe — a small cloth or band worn, as by an otherwise nude dancer, to conceal the genitals
  • cachinnate — to laugh loudly
  • camp chair — a lightweight folding chair
  • cane chair — a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane.
  • caoutchouc — rubber; esp. India rubber, or crude, natural rubber, obtained from latex
  • cape dutch — (in South Africa) a distinctive style of furniture or architecture
  • carchemish — an ancient city in Syria on the Euphrates, lying on major trade routes; site of a victory of the Babylonians over the Egyptians (605 bc)
  • card punch — keypunch (def 1).
  • card-punch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
  • carmichael — Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929)
  • cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
  • catananche — any of the hardy perennial genus Catananche, from S Europe; some, esp C. caerulea, are grown for their blue-and-white flowers that can be dried as winter decoration: family Asteraceae
  • catch cold — to become ill with a cold
  • catch crop — a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season
  • catch fire — to ignite
  • catch hell — to receive a severe scolding, punishment, etc.
  • catch-colt — the offspring of a mare bred accidentally.
  • catch-cord — a cord or wire located near a selvage, used to form a loop or deflect the filling yarn not intended to be woven permanently in with the regular selvage.
  • 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.
  • catchbasin — Alternative form of catch-basin.
  • catchflies — Plural form of catchfly.
  • catchiness — The state or quality of being catchy.
  • catchments — Plural form of catchment.
  • catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
  • catchwater — a drain or ditch which catches water
  • catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
  • catechesis — oral religious instruction which is given to catechumens
  • catechetic — of or relating to catechesis.
  • catechised — Simple past tense and past participle of catechise.
  • catechisms — Plural form of catechism.
  • catechists — Plural form of catechist.
  • catechized — Simple past tense and past participle of catechize.
  • catechizer — One who catechizes.
  • catechizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catechize.
  • catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
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