9-letter words containing chi
- chiropter — an animal of the order Chiroptera; a bat
- chirpsing — Present participle of chirpse.
- chirruped — Simple past tense and past participle of chirrup.
- chirurgie — (archaic) surgery.
- chisel in — to force oneself upon others without being asked or welcomed
- chiselers — Plural form of chiseler.
- chiseling — a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- chiselled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiselled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chiseller — a person who uses a chisel
- chishtiya — a Sufi order of the Indian subcontinent.
- chisimaio — a port in S Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. Pop: reliable recent estimates are not available
- chit-chat — Chit-chat is informal talk about things that are not very important.
- chitchats — Plural form of chitchat.
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
- chitinous — a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- chitlings — the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.
- chittered — Simple past tense and past participle of chitter.
- chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
- chivvying — Present participle of chivvy.
- chiyogami — a type of highly decorated, colourful craft paper used for origami
- churchill — a river in E Canada, rising in SE Labrador and flowing north and southeast over Churchill Falls, then east to the Atlantic. Length: about 1000 km (600 miles)
- churching — the act of bringing someone, esp a woman after childbirth, to church for special ceremonies
- churchism — adherence to the principles of an established church
- clenching — Present participle of clench.
- clinching — Present participle of clinch.
- clutching — to hatch (chickens).
- cochineal — Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food.
- colchicum — any Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumn crocus
- conchitis — inflammation of the outer ear
- corn chip — a thin, crisp piece of snack food made from cornmeal.
- couchings — the act of a person or thing that couches.
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- crunching — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
- dabchicks — Plural form of dabchick.
- den chief — (in the Boy Scouts) a boy scout who supervises a cub scout den in cooperation with a den mother or den father.
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- drenching — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- echidnine — the essential element contained in the poison of certain snakes or the poisonous secretion itself
- echinacea — any of several coneflowers of the genus Echinacea whose leaves, roots, and other parts are used in herbal medicine to promote wound healing and enhance the immune system.
- echinoids — Plural form of echinoid.
- echiuroid — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
- enchilada — A rolled tortilla with a filling typically of meat and served with a chili sauce.
- enriching — Improve or enhance the quality or value of.
- eparchial — Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- eunuchism — The condition of being a eunuch.
- eunuchize — (transitive) To make into a eunuch; to castrate.
- exarchist — a supporter of an exarch, esp the Exarch of Bulgaria
- falchions — Plural form of falchion.
- fetchings — Plural form of fetching.