10-letter words containing cha
- du chaillu — Paul Belloni [pawl buh-loh-nee;; French pawl be-law-nee] /pɔl bəˈloʊ ni;; French pɔl bɛ lɔˈni/ (Show IPA), 1835–1903, U.S. explorer in Africa, traveler, and writer; born in France.
- easy chair — an upholstered armchair for lounging.
- enchaining — Present participle of enchain.
- enchanters — Plural form of enchanter.
- enchanting — Delightfully charming or attractive.
- escharotic — Capable of producing an eschar.
- exarchates — Plural form of exarchate.
- exchangers — Plural form of exchanger.
- exchanging — Present participle of exchange.
- fat chance — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- flip chart — a set of sheets, as of cardboard or paper, hinged at the top so that they can be flipped over to show information or illustrations in sequence.
- flow chart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- food chain — hierarchy of organisms
- gearchange — a change to a higher or lower gear
- give chase — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
- gottschalk — Louis Moreau [maw-roh,, moh-] /mɔˈroʊ,, moʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1829–69, U.S. pianist and composer.
- gran chaco — an extensive subtropical region in central South America, in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. 300,000 sq. mi. (777,000 sq. km).
- hierarchal — a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest.
- high chair — child's tall chair
- highchairs — Plural form of highchair.
- horn chair — a chair, especially of the late 19th-century U.S., having a frame made from steer, elk, buffalo, or other animal horns.
- hygrochasy — the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- inchanting — Present participle of inchant.
- interchain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- isochasmic — (of a line on a map) bounding areas of equal auroral frequency
- jack chain — a chain having open links in the form of a figure 8, with one loop at right angles to the other.
- kamchatkan — a peninsula in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, extending S between the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. 750 miles (1210 km) long; 104,200 sq. mi. (269,880 sq. km) wide.
- kurdaitcha — (Australia) An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer.
- lawn chair — a chair or chaise longue designed for use out of doors.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- leuchaemia — leukaemia
- lisichansk — a city in E Ukraine, on the Donets River, NE of Donetsk.
- long-chain — pertaining to molecules composed of long chains of atoms, or polymers composed of long chains of monomers.
- manichaean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manichaeus — Mani
- marchantia — a type of liverwort plant
- mechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- mechanised — to make mechanical.
- mechanisms — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanists — Plural form of mechanist.
- mechanized — to make mechanical.
- mechanizer — A person who, or machine that mechanizes.
- mechanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mechanize.
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- michaelmas — a festival celebrated on September 29 in honor of the archangel Michael.
- midchannel — (geography) In the middle of a channel.
- mischances — Plural form of mischance.