8-letter words starting with ch
- chechako — cheechako
- chechnya — ethnic region in the N Caucasus, Russia: since 1991 its status as a political subdivision of the Russian Federation has been disputed by the Chechens
- check in — When you check in or check into a hotel or clinic, or if someone checks you in, you arrive and go through the necessary procedures before you stay there.
- check on — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- check up — If you check up on something, you find out information about it.
- check-in — the act or fact of checking in.
- checkbox — A small box on a computer screen that, when selected by the user, is filled with a check mark to show that the feature described alongside it has been enabled.
- checkedy — checkered; having a checked pattern.
- checkers — a game for two players using a checkerboard and 12 checkers each. The object is to jump over and capture the opponent's pieces
- checking — the process of making sure that something is correct or satisfactory
- checkoff — the procedure whereby an employer pays the employee's union dues or other fees straight from his or her salary
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.
- checkrow — a row of plants, esp corn, in which the spaces between adjacent plants are equal to those between adjacent rows to facilitate cultivation
- checksum — a digit representing the number of bits of information transmitted, attached to the end of a message in order to verify the integrity of data
- checkups — Plural form of checkup.
- cheddars — Plural form of cheddar.
- cheddary — resembling or pertaining to cheddar cheese
- cheddite — an explosive made by mixing a powdered chlorate or perchlorate with a fatty substance, such as castor oil
- cheekful — the quantity that can be held in or cover a cheek
- cheekier — Comparative form of cheeky.
- cheekily — impudent; insolent: a cheeky fellow; cheeky behavior.
- cheeking — Present participle of cheek.
- cheeping — Present participle of cheep.
- cheer on — When you cheer someone on, you shout loudly in order to encourage them, for example when they are taking part in a game.
- cheer up — When you cheer up or when something cheers you up, you stop feeling depressed and become more cheerful.
- cheerers — a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.: The cheers of the fans filled the stadium.
- cheerful — Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
- cheerier — Comparative form of cheery.
- cheerily — in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- cheering — encouraging shouts from supporters, admirers etc
- cheerios — Plural form of cheerio.
- cheesier — Comparative form of cheesy.
- cheesily — in a cheesy manner
- cheesing — the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
- cheetahs — Plural form of cheetah.
- chekiang — Zhejiang
- chelated — (chemistry, of a metal atom) bound with one or more chelates.
- chelates — Plural form of chelate.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chelifer — Book-scorpion.
- cheliped — (of an arthropod) either of two legs which each carry a claw
- chellean — Abbevillian
- chemical — Chemical means involving or resulting from a reaction between two or more substances, or relating to the substances that something consists of.
- chemico- — chemical
- chemises — Plural form of chemise.
- chemists — Plural form of chemist.
- chemnitz — a city in E Germany, in Saxony, at the foot of the Erzgebirge: textiles, engineering. Pop: 249 922 (2003 est)
- chemosis — (medicine) A chemically-induced swelling of the mucous membrane of the eye.
- chemulpo — Inchon.
- chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin