5-letter words starting with ch
- chili — the dried pod of red pepper, a very hot seasoning
- chill — When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
- chimb — chime2
- chime — When a bell or a clock chimes, it makes ringing sounds.
- chimo — an exclamation of greeting among Inuit people
- chimp — A chimp is the same as a chimpanzee.
- chimu — a member of an Amerindian people inhabiting the northern coast of Peru and having a highly developed urban culture that lasted until its destruction by the Incas.
- china — China is a hard white substance made from clay. It is used to make things such as cups, bowls, plates, and ornaments.
- chine — the backbone
- ching — of, relating to, or designating the Manchu dynasty (1644–1912) of China
- chink — A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
- chino — a durable cotton twill cloth
- chins — Plural form of chin.
- chios — an island in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Turkey: belongs to Greece. Capital: Chios. Pop: 51 936 (2001). Area: 904 sq km (353 sq miles)
- chips — CHIPS is a system for transferring funds that makes large value payments in US dollars between major banks.
- chirk — showing a cheery and sprightly disposition
- chirl — a trilling or quavering sound
- chirm — the chirping of birds
- chiro — a chiropractor
- chirp — When a bird or an insect such as a cricket or grasshopper chirps, it makes short high-pitched sounds.
- chirr — (esp of certain insects, such as crickets) to make a shrill trilled sound
- chirt — an act of pressing or squashing that expresses liquid
- chiru — a Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni, having a dense woolly pinkish-brown fleece prized as the source of shahtoosh wool: now close to extinction due to illegal slaughter for its fleece
- chita — an industrial city in SE Russia, on the Trans-Siberian railway. Pop: 309 000 (2005 est)
- chits — pure consciousness.
- chive — a small Eurasian purple-flowered alliaceous plant, Allium schoenoprasum, whose long slender hollow leaves are used in cooking to flavour soups, stews, etc
- chivy — to harass or nag
- chloe — a feminine name
- chmod — (file system) ("Change mode") The Unix command and system call to change the access permissions of a named file. Each file (directory, device, etc.) has nine kinds of access which can be allowed or denied. Different permissions apply to the owner of the file, the members of the group the file belongs to, and all users. Each of these classes of user (owner, group and other) can have permission to read, write or execute the file. Chmod can also set various other mode bits for a file or directory such as the sticky bit and the set user id bit. Unix man page: chmod
- choad — (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- choak — Obsolete form of choke.
- chock — a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- choco — a member of the citizen army; militiaman
- chocs — chocolates
- chode — (archaic) Simple past form of chide.
- choil — An unsharpened section of a knife blade in front of the guard on the blade.
- choir — A choir is a group of people who sing together, for example in a church or school.
- choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- choko — the cucumber-like fruit of a tropical American cucurbitaceous vine, Sechium edule: eaten as a vegetable in the Caribbean, Australia, and New Zealand
- choky — involving, caused by, or causing choking
- chola — the conventional attire of Sikhs consisting of a long, loose shirt
- chole — A spicy Indian chickpea curry.
- choli — a short-sleeved bodice, as worn by Indian women
- cholo — a person who is descended from both European and Native American parents
- choly — (informal) cholecystitis.
- chomo — (prison slang) child molester.
- chomp — If a person or animal chomps their way through food or chomps on food, they chew it noisily.
- choof — to move in a particular manner or direction
- chook — a hen or chicken
- choom — an Englishman