8-letter words containing cha
- charisms — Plural form of charism.
- charkhas — Plural form of charkha.
- charking — charcoal (def 1).
- charlady — a charwoman
- charlene — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charlies — a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charlock — a weedy Eurasian plant, Sinapis arvensis (or Brassica kaber), with hairy stems and foliage and yellow flowers: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- charlyne — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charmers — Plural form of charmer.
- charmful — highly charming or enchanting
- charmian — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “source of joy.”.
- charming — If you say that something is charming, you mean that it is very pleasant or attractive.
- charneco — a type of sweet wine originating from Portugal
- charnels — Plural form of charnel.
- charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
- charonic — Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- charpoys — Plural form of charpoy.
- charrier — Comparative form of charry.
- charring — Present participle of char.
- charters — Plural form of charter.
- charting — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chartism — the principles of the reform movement in Britain from 1838 to 1848, which included manhood suffrage, payment of Members of Parliament, equal electoral districts, annual parliaments, voting by ballot, and the abolition of property qualifications for MPs
- chartist — a stock market specialist who analyses and predicts market trends from graphs of recent price and volume movements of selected securities
- chartlet — a small chart indicating some special thing, as information relative to a radio navigational aid.
- chartres — a city in NW France: Gothic cathedral; market town. Pop: 41 588 (2006)
- chartula — charta (def 2).
- charvaka — Lokayatika.
- chase up — If you chase up something that is needed or needs dealing with, you find it or find out what is being done about it.
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chasidic — Hasid.
- chasidim — Hasidim
- chasings — a design chased on metal.
- chasseur — a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment
- chastely — refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- chastens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chasten.
- chastest — Superlative form of chaste.
- chasting — Present participle of chast.
- chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- chastity — the state of being chaste; purity
- chastize — Alternative form of chastise.
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chatchka — tchotchke
- chateaux — (in France) a castle or fortress.
- chatfest — (informal) A talkfest.
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.
- chatroom — a site on the internet, or another computer network, where users have group discussions by electronic mail, typically about one subject
- chattels — Plural form of chattel.