13-letter words starting with cha
- charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
- charles lyell — Sir Charles, 1797–1875, English geologist.
- charles swart — Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
- charles's law — the statement that for a body of ideal gas at constant pressure the volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature
- charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
- charlier shoe — special light horseshoe
- charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
- charmed quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 1.0 to 1.6 GeV/c2, a positive charge that is 2⁄3 the charge of an electron, +1 charm, and zero strangeness
- charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
- chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
- charter party — charter (def 5).
- charter plane — a plane that has been chartered
- charter train — a train that has been chartered
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
- chasse gardee — a private hunting preserve.
- chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
- chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
- chateau d'eau — an architecturally treated fountain or cistern.
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- chattahoochee — river flowing from N Ga. southward along the Ga.-Ala. border into the Apalachicola: 436 mi (702 km)
- chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land