8-letter words containing cho
- isochore — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- kazachoc — a traditional Cossack dance
- kazachok — a lively, Slavic folk dance for a solo male dancer, marked especially by the prisiadka.
- kiaochow — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- kweichow — Guizhou.
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- machoism — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- mouchoir — a handkerchief.
- muchacho — (in Spanish-speaking regions) a young man.
- nanchong — a city in E central Sichuan province, in central China.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- ochozath — Ahuzzath.
- ochozias — Ahaziah.
- oenochoe — oinochoe.
- oinochoe — a wine pitcher or jug, characterized by a curved handle extending from the lip to the shoulder, and a round or trefoil mouth.
- pachouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- pak-choi — bok choy.
- parachor — a scientific quantity defined by a formula involving surface tension, mass, and density
- pitchout — Baseball. a ball purposely thrown by a pitcher too far outside of the plate for the batter to hit, especially in anticipation of an attempted steal by a base runner.
- poechore — a dry region
- ponchoed — wearing a poncho
- porkchop — a chop of pork.
- pre-echo — something that has preceded and anticipated something else; precursor
- prochoos — an elongated form of the oinochoe.
- psychoid — the innate impetus to perform actions
- psychol. — psychological
- pugachov — Yemelyan Ivanovich. 1726–75, Russian Cossack rebel, leader of a major revolt against the government of Catherine II: executed
- rechoose — to choose (something or someone) again
- reschool — to school again; retrain
- scholium — Often, scholia. an explanatory note or comment. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- schooled — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- schooler — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
- schoolie — a fish that swims within a school.
- schooner — Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
- souchong — a variety of black tea grown in India and Sri Lanka.
- stilicho — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 359?–408, Roman general and statesman.
- subchord — a part of a chord
- sunchoke — Jerusalem artichoke (def 2).
- the chop — dismissal from employment
- trachoma — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- trichoid — resembling hair; hairlike.
- trichome — Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- trichord — a musical instrument with three strings
- trochoid — Geometry. a curve traced by a point on a radius or an extension of the radius of a circle that rolls, without slipping, on a curve, another circle, or a straight line. Equation: x = aθ − b sin θ, y = a − b cos θ.
- tungchow — Tongzhou.
- unanchor — to remove or loose from anchor
- unchosen — a past participle of choose.
- urochord — the notochord of an ascidian or tunicate, more conspicuous in the larva than in the adult and confined chiefly to the caudal region.