8-letter words containing chi
- chisholm — Shirley (Anita St. Hill) 1924–2005, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1969–83; first black woman elected to the House of Representatives.
- chisinau — the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est)
- chitchat — Chitchat is informal talk about things that are not very important.
- chitlins — chitterlings
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chitting — Present participle of chit.
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- chivaree — shivaree.
- chivvied — Simple past tense and past participle of chivvy.
- chivvies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chivvy.
- chuchchi — Chukchi.
- chuckchi — Chukchi.
- cinching — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- coaching — the act of training a person or team of people in a particular sport
- conchies — Plural form of conchy.
- conching — Present participle of conch.
- conchita — a female given name.
- couching — a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
- culchies — Plural form of culchie.
- czechish — a member of the most westerly branch of the Slavs, comprising the Bohemians, or Czechs proper, and, sometimes, the Moravians.
- dabchick — any of several small grebes of the genera Podiceps and Podilymbus, such as Podiceps ruficollis of the Old World
- diadochi — the six Macedonian generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, fought for control of his empire in the Wars of the Diadochi (321–281 bc)
- dipchick — Alternative form of dabchick.
- ditching — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- dobchick — Alternative form of dabchick.
- douching — Present participle of douche.
- echidnae — Plural form of echidna.
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- echinate — bristly; prickly.
- echinoid — belonging or pertaining to the class Echinoidea, comprising mainly sea urchins and sand dollars.
- echiuran — spoonworm
- echiurid — any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.
- elenchic — elenctic
- etchings — Plural form of etching.
- ezechias — a king of Judah ?715–?687 bc, noted for his religious reforms (II Kings 18–19)
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- fasching — a carnival celebration that precedes Lent in German-speaking countries and communities; Shrovetide.
- felching — Present participle of felch.
- fetching — charming; captivating.
- filching — to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
- finching — A dorsal line or stripe in cattle markings.
- finochio — Florence fennel.
- godchild — a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
- hachioji — a city on SE Honshu, in Japan, W of Tokyo.
- halachic — Of or pertaining to halacha (Jewish law).
- hatching — a shading line in drawing or engraving.
- hibachis — Plural form of hibachi.
- hitchily — with hitches or in a hitchy or jerky manner
- hitching — Present participle of hitch.
- hoochies — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.