13-letter words starting with ch
- chrysophenine — a bright yellow dye derived from stilbene, used chiefly for dyeing leather and textiles.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- chthonophagia — (disease) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.
- chub mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean.
- chuckleheaded — a stupid person; blockhead.
- chukka (boot) — an ankle-high bootlike shoe, usually with two or three pairs of eyelets
- chun doo hwan — born 1931, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.
- church father — any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period
- church of god — any of numerous Protestant denominations that stress personal conversion, sanctification, the imminent return of Jesus Christ, baptism by immersion, and, among some, speaking in tongues.
- church parade — a parade by servicemen or members of a uniformed organization for the purposes of attending religious services
- church school — A church school is a school which has a special relationship with a particular branch of the Christian church, and where there is strong emphasis on worship and the teaching of religion.
- church slavic — a liturgical language used in Eastern Orthodox churches in Slavic countries since the 11th or 12th century, representing a development of Old Church Slavonic through contact with the national Slavic languages.
- churchmanship — The craft or skill of being a churchman. (from 17th c.).
- churchpersons — Plural form of churchperson.
- churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
- churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
- chylification — the process of turning into chyle
- chylophyllous — having fleshy leaves, as certain desert plants.
- chymification — the process of turning into chyme