9-letter words starting with ch
- charwoman — A charwoman is a woman who is employed to clean houses or offices.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- chaseable — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- chassepot — a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army
- chasseurs — Plural form of chasseur.
- chassis's — Automotive. the frame, wheels, and machinery of a motor vehicle, on which the body is supported.
- chastened — subdued; humbled
- chastener — to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- chastised — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chastiser — Someone who chastises.
- chastises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chastise.
- chastized — Simple past tense and past participle of chastize.
- chasubles — Plural form of chasuble.
- chat room — A chat room is a site on the Internet where people can exchange messages about a particular subject.
- chat show — A chat show is a television or radio show in which people talk in a friendly, informal way about different topics.
- chatelain — the keeper or governor of a castle
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- chatoyant — having changeable lustre; twinkling
- chatrooms — Plural form of chatroom.
- chattered — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- chatterer — A chatterer is the same as a chatterbox.
- chatterji — Bankim Chandra [buhng-kim chuhn-druh] /ˈbʌŋ kɪm ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1838–94, Indian novelist in the Bengali language.
- chattiest — Superlative form of chatty.
- chauffeur — The chauffeur of a rich or important person is the man or woman who is employed to look after their car and drive them around in it.
- chaussure — a term for any type of footwear
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- chavannes — Puvis de [py-vee duh] /püˈvi də/ (Show IPA), Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre.
- chawbacon — an unsophisticated person of low intellect
- chayefsky — Paddy [pad-ee] /ˈpæd i/ (Show IPA), 1923–1981, U.S. playwright and director.
- cheap out — to take the cheapest option; try to do something as cheaply as possible
- cheapened — Simple past tense and past participle of cheapen.
- cheapener — One who cheapens.
- cheapjack — a peddler, especially of inferior articles.
- cheapness — The state of being cheap.
- cheapside — street and district of London; in the Middle Ages it was a marketplace
- cheat day — a day in which a person goes off a dietary regimen: Today’s my cheat day, so I’m eating pizza and ice cream.
- chechaquo — Alternative form of cheechako.
- check bit — a binary digit used as part of a unit of information that is intended to indicate whether or not an error has occurred in the transmission or storage of the information.
- check box — square for marking with a tick
- check off — When you check things off, you check or count them while referring to a list of them, to make sure you have considered all of them.
- check out — When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
- checkable — capable of being checked, as by inquiry or verification: The fact is checkable from available records.
- checkback — a check or verification of a process, tabulation, etc., already completed.
- checkbook — a book containing detachable forms for writing checks on a bank
- checkered — having a pattern of squares
- checkhook — a hook on the saddle of a harness, for holding the end of the checkrein.
- checkless — without check or restraint
- checklist — A checklist is a list of all the things that you need to do, information that you want to find out, or things that you need to take somewhere, which you make in order to ensure that you do not forget anything.