9-Letter Words Starting With CH

Here's the list of all the 522 9-Letter Words Starting With CH in the English Language.

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christian
1. following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ
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character
1. an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
2. a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
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challenge
1. a demanding or stimulating situation
2. a call to engage in a contest or fight
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chemistry
1. the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
2. the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object
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chocolate
1. a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
2. a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
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charlotte
1. a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard
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childhood
1. the time of person's life when they are a child
2. the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
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chronicle
1. a record or narrative description of past events
2. record in chronological order; make a historical record
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checklist
1. a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted
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champagne
1. a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
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childcare
1. a service involving care for other people's children
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chartered
1. hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
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champaign
1. extensive tract of level open land
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cherished
1. characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
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chameleon
1. a changeable or inconstant person
2. lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
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chlamydia
1. a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
2. coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract
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chromatin
1. the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes
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chauffeur
1. drive someone in a vehicle
2. a man paid to drive a privately owned car
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checkbook
1. a book issued to holders of checking accounts
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chromatic
1. able to refract light without spectral color separation
2. based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones
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chevalier
1. a gallant or courtly gentleman
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chamomile
1. Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis
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chaparral
1. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
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checkered
1. patterned with alternating squares of color
2. marked by changeable fortune
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chieftain
1. the leader of a group of people
2. the head of a tribe or clan
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chrysalis
1. pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
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chaperone
1. accompany as a chaperone
2. one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people
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checkmate
1. complete victory
2. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
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chelation
1. (medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning
2. the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds
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chandlery
1. candles and other commodities sold by a chandler
2. a storeroom where candles are kept
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childless
1. without offspring
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childlike
1. befitting a young child
2. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
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chickadee
1. any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America
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chlorella
1. any alga of the genus Chlorella
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chorionic
1. of or relating to a chorion
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chambered
1. having compartmental chambers
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chipboard
1. a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin
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chequered
1. patterned with alternating squares of color
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chickweed
1. any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
2. any of various plants related to the common chickweed
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churchman
1. a clergyman or other person in religious orders
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chopstick
1. one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with
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9-Letter Words Starting With CH