5-letter words that end in ch
- gatch — A form of plaster of Paris formerly used in Persia.
- gitch — (Saskatchewan) Women's or men's underwear.
- gooch — George Peabody, 1873–1968, English historian.
- gotch — (Saskatchewan, and, Manitoba, slang) Men's underwear.
- gulch — a deep, narrow ravine, especially one marking the course of a stream or torrent.
- gunch — /guhnch/
(TMRC) To push, prod, or poke at a device that has almost (but not quite) produced the desired result. Implies a threat to mung. - hanch — Alternative form of hance.
- hatch — to mark with lines, especially closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.
- hauch — (Scotland) A cough or gasp.
- hench — Philip Showalter [shoh-awl-ter] /ˈʃoʊ ɔl tər/ (Show IPA), 1896–1965, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
- hilch — to limp or hobble
- hitch — to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
- hooch — Pieter de [pee-ter duh;; Dutch pee-tuh r duh] /ˈpi tər də;; Dutch ˈpi tər də/ (Show IPA), 1629?–88? Dutch painter.
- hotch — to fidget; shift one's weight from one foot to the other.
- hunch — to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
- hutch — a pen or enclosed coop for small animals: rabbit hutch.
- kauch — kiaugh.
- keech — (obsolete) A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
- kench — a deep bin in which animal skins and fish are salted.
- kerch — a seaport in E Crimea, in S Ukraine, on Kerch Strait.
- ketch — a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.
- kotch — to vomit
- kusch — Polykarp [pol-i-kahrp;; German poh-ly-kahrp] /ˈpɒl ɪˌkɑrp;; German ˌpoʊ lüˈkɑrp/ (Show IPA), 1911–1993, U.S. physicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize 1955.
- kutch — a former state in W India, now part of Gujarat state.
- lanch — (UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
- larch — any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- latch — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- leach — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leech — Margaret, 1893–1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
- letch — a lecherous desire or craving.
- linch — A ledge; a right-angled projection.
- loach — any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- looch — A medicine taken by licking; a lambative.
- luach — a calendar that shows the dates of festivals and, usually, the times of start and finish of the Sabbath
- lunch — a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
- lurch — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- lynch — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- march — to touch at the border; border.
- match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- meach — To skulk; to cower.
- meech — (rare, US, dialectal, obsolete) To sneak; to skulk.
- merch — merchandise, especially as marketed to a particular fan base: The band sold t-shirts and other merch while on tour.
- milch — (of a domestic animal) yielding milk; kept or suitable for milk production.
- minch — a sea channel between mainland Scotland and the Outer Hebrides islands. 25–45 miles (40–70 km) wide. See also Little Minch.
- mitch — (transitive, dialectal) To pilfer; filch; steal.
- mooch — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- mouch — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- mtech — Master of Technology
- mulch — a covering, as of straw, compost, or plastic sheeting, spread on the ground around plants to prevent excessive evaporation or erosion, enrich the soil, inhibit weed growth, etc.
- munch — Charles, 1891–1968, French conductor in the U.S.