8-letter words containing cha
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- l'chayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lachaise — Gaston [gas-tuh n;; French ga-stawn] /ˈgæs tən;; French gaˈstɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1935, U.S. sculptor, born in France.
- larrocha — Alicia de [ah-lee-thyah th e,, -syah] /ɑˈli θyɑ ðɛ,, -syɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2009, Spanish concert pianist.
- leachate — a solution resulting from leaching, as of soluble constituents from soil, landfill, etc., by downward percolating ground water: Leachates in the town's water supply have been traced to a chemical-waste dump.
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- machairs — Plural form of machair.
- marichal — Juan, born 1937, U.S. baseball pitcher, born in the Dominican Republic.
- mechanic — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- monachal — of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.
- moschate — having a musky smell.
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- muchacha — (in Spanish-speaking regions) a young woman.
- muchacho — (in Spanish-speaking regions) a young man.
- nanchang — a province in SE China. 63,629 sq. mi. (164,799 sq. km). Capital: Nanchang.
- nunchaku — Sometimes, nunchakus. a Japanese hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- oolachan — eulachon.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- orchards — Plural form of orchard.
- orichalc — a yellow alloy derived from gold or copper
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- pachalic — pashalik.
- panchaia — an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- penchant — a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- pilchard — a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
- prichard — a city in S Alabama.
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- recharge — to charge again with electricity.
- richards — a male given name.
- sacchar- — saccharo-
- schantze — a pile of stones heaped to shelter soldiers from gunfire
- schapska — a cavalry helmet with a flat, square top
- schawlow — Arthur Leonard, 1921–99, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1981.
- shadchan — shadkhan.
- skeechan — a beer of treacle and malt liquor
- sriracha — a hot condiment sauce made from red chilis, vinegar, sugar, garlic, and salt, used especially in Vietnamese and Thai cuisine.
- trochaic — pertaining to the trochee.
- unchancy — unlucky.
- uncharge — to acquit.
- unchaste — not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman.
- upcharge — an additional charge: How much is the upcharge for white sidewall tires?
- viscacha — a burrowing rodent, Lagostomus maximus, about the size of a groundhog, inhabiting the pampas of Paraguay and Argentina, allied to the chinchilla.
- vizcacha — a burrowing rodent, Lagostomus maximus, about the size of a groundhog, inhabiting the pampas of Paraguay and Argentina, allied to the chinchilla.
- whinchat — a small Old World thrush, Saxicola rubetra, having a buff-colored breast and white streaks in the tail.