English words starting with ch

Meanings of Ch:

abbreviation

Chapter.

noun

(in the uk) a member of an order founded in 1917, for distinguished achievement, with membership limited to sixty-five people.

Meanings of Cha:

noun

Tea.

Usage examples:

I'm going to go and have a cup of char

verb

Partially burn so as to blacken the surface.

Usage examples:

A region charred by bush fires

Meanings of Chabazite:

noun

A colourless, pink, or yellow zeolite mineral, typically occurring as rhombohedral crystals.

Usage examples:

A preliminary review of the local mineralogy was subsequently written by endlich, who noted the pre…

Meanings of Chablis:

noun

A dry white burgundy wine from chablis in eastern france.

Usage examples:

Bordeaux, burgundy and champagne are generally over-priced, as are sancerre, chablis, rioja, barolo…

Meanings of Chachalaca:

noun

A tree-dwelling bird of the guan family, found mainly in the forests of tropical america.

Usage examples:

Guans and perhaps chachalacas may be more arboreal than curassows.

Meanings of Chack:

verb

(of a bird) make a harsh call.

Usage examples:

This unmistakeable member of the crow family was ever present on the scrubs with at least 10 birds …

Meanings of Chaco:

proper noun

A lowland plain in central south america, extending from southern bolivia through paraguay to northern argentina.

Meanings of Chaconne:

noun

A composition in a series of varying sections in slow triple time.

Usage examples:

As witty, but with a touch of profundity in its chaconne slow movement, is the brilliant first pian…

Meanings of Chaconnes:

noun

A composition in a series of varying sections in slow triple time.

Usage examples:

As witty, but with a touch of profundity in its chaconne slow movement, is the brilliant first pian…

Meanings of Chad:

noun

A piece of waste material removed from card or tape by punching.

proper noun

A landlocked country in northern central africa; population 14,000,000 (estimated 2015); official languages, french and arabic; capital, n'djamena.

Meanings of Chadar:

noun

A large piece of cloth that is wrapped around the head and upper body leaving only the face exposed, worn especially by muslim women.

Usage examples:

Her tales are told through panoramas of opposites: the desert and the sea; the architecture of east…

Meanings of Chadars:

noun

A large piece of cloth that is wrapped around the head and upper body leaving only the face exposed, worn especially by muslim women.

Usage examples:

Her tales are told through panoramas of opposites: the desert and the sea; the architecture of east…

Meanings of Chador:

noun

A large piece of cloth that is wrapped around the head and upper body leaving only the face exposed, worn especially by muslim women.

Usage examples:

Her tales are told through panoramas of opposites: the desert and the sea; the architecture of east…

Meanings of Chadors:

noun

A large piece of cloth that is wrapped around the head and upper body leaving only the face exposed, worn especially by muslim women.

Usage examples:

Her tales are told through panoramas of opposites: the desert and the sea; the architecture of east…

Meanings of Chads:

noun

A piece of waste material removed from card or tape by punching.

proper noun

A landlocked country in northern central africa; population 14,000,000 (estimated 2015); official languages, french and arabic; capital, n'djamena.

Meanings of Chaeta:

noun

A stiff bristle made of chitin, especially in an annelid worm.

Usage examples:

The microscopic structure of the setae is identical to that of the chaetae of polychaete worms.

Meanings of Chaetognatha:

plural noun

A small phylum of marine invertebrates that comprises the arrow worms.

Usage examples:

Instead, rouse's conclusion that ‘groups such as the arthropoda, brachiopoda, chaetognatha, ectopro…

Meanings of Chafe:

verb

(with reference to a part of the body) make or become sore by rubbing against something.

Usage examples:

The collar chafed his neck

noun

Wear or damage caused by rubbing.

Usage examples:

To prevent chafe the ropes should lie flat

Meanings of Chafed:

verb

(with reference to a part of the body) make or become sore by rubbing against something.

Usage examples:

The collar chafed his neck

noun

Wear or damage caused by rubbing.

Usage examples:

To prevent chafe the ropes should lie flat

Meanings of Chafer:

noun

A large flying beetle, the adult and larva of which can be very destructive to foliage and plant roots respectively.

Usage examples:

The grubs that you see in the lawn are the larvae of japanese beetles, june beetles, and chafers.

Meanings of Chafers:

noun

A large flying beetle, the adult and larva of which can be very destructive to foliage and plant roots respectively.

Usage examples:

The grubs that you see in the lawn are the larvae of japanese beetles, june beetles, and chafers.

Meanings of Chafes:

verb

(with reference to a part of the body) make or become sore by rubbing against something.

Usage examples:

The collar chafed his neck

noun

Wear or damage caused by rubbing.

Usage examples:

To prevent chafe the ropes should lie flat

Meanings of Chaff:

noun

The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.

Usage examples:

Spikes were threshed and florets (hereafter called seeds) separated from chaff by sieving and force…

verb

Tease.

Usage examples:

The pleasures of drinking and betting and chaffing your mates

Meanings of Chaffcutter:

noun

A machine for chopping hay and straw for use as fodder.

Usage examples:

The softer side, for example the love and steadfastness of antigone, is simply uncut hay for the ch…

Meanings of Chaffed:

verb

Tease.

Usage examples:

The pleasures of drinking and betting and chaffing your mates

noun

The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.

Usage examples:

Spikes were threshed and florets (hereafter called seeds) separated from chaff by sieving and force…