5 Letter Words That Start With CH

check

Noun : An inspection or examination.

Noun : A control; a limit or stop.

Noun : (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

chair

Noun : An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.

Noun : (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

Noun : (rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.

chain

Noun : A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

Noun : A series of interconnected things.

Noun : A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.

chart

Noun : A map.

Noun : A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.

Noun : A navigator's map.

chase

Noun : The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.

Noun : A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.

Noun : (uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.

chaos

Noun : The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.

Noun : Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.

Noun : (mathematics) A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.

child

Noun : (broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).

Noun : (pediatrics, sometimes, in a stricter sense) A kid aged 1 to 11 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 month to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 12 years to 18 years.

Noun : (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.

charm

Noun : An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

Noun : (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.

Noun : A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

churn

Verb : (transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.

Verb : (intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.

china

Noun : A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers in East Asia, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.

Noun : The principal state in this country, including (historical) an empire under various dynasties and (since 1949) the People's Republic of China.

Noun : Synonym of mainland China.

chide

Verb : (transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

chief

Noun : A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.

Noun : (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.

Noun : The principal part or top of anything.

chill

Noun : A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

Noun : A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.

Noun : An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.

choke

Verb : (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

Verb : (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

Verb : (transitive) To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.

chest

Noun : A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

Noun : (obsolete) A coffin.

Noun : The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

chaff

Noun : The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

Noun : Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

Noun : (figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

chasm

Noun : (geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

Noun : (by extension) A large difference of opinion.

chose

Noun : (law) A thing; personal property.

Noun : (management) Acronym of confidence, hope, optimism, subjective well-being, and emotional intelligence. [Self-assurance.]

cheer

Noun : (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.

Noun : (now uncountable) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.

Noun : (countable) A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".

chord

Noun : (music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

Noun : (geometry) A line segment between two points of a curve.

Noun : (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.

cheap

Noun : (obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.

Noun : (obsolete) A market; marketplace.

Noun : Price.

chism

Noun : A surname.

chuck

Noun : (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

Noun : (US, slang, dated) Food.

Noun : (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

chafe

Noun : Heat excited by friction.

Noun : Injury or wear caused by friction.

Noun : Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

cheat

Verb : (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

Verb : (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.

Verb : (transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.

chime

Noun : (music) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.

Noun : An individual ringing component of such a set.

Noun : A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.

chore

Noun : A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.

Verb : (US, dated) To do chores.

Verb : (Scotland, dialect) To steal.

cheek

Noun : (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

Noun : (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.

Noun : (figurative, informal, uncountable) Impudence.

chalk

Noun : (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).

Noun : (countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).

Noun : Tailor's chalk.

choir

Noun : A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

Noun : (architecture) The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.

Noun : (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.

chunk

Noun : A part of something that has been separated.

Noun : A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.

Noun : (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.

chili

Noun : (countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

Noun : (uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

Noun : (Indian Chinese cuisine) A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.

chary

Adjective : Careful, cautious, shy, wary.

Adjective : Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious.

Adjective : Not disposed to give freely; not lavish; frugal, sparing.

chute

Noun : A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

Noun : A waterfall or rapid.

Noun : The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.

chile

Noun : A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

Noun : (US, regional) Alternative form of chili (a chili pepper). [(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.]

Noun : (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of child. [(broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).]

chard

Noun : (uncountable, cooking) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.

Noun : (cooking) Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.

Noun : A town and civil parish of Somerset, England, near the Devon border.

chode

Noun : Alternative spelling of choad [(vulgar, slang) A penis, especially one that is short and thick.]

chant

Verb : To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

Verb : To sing or intone sacred text.

Verb : To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.

chick

Noun : A young bird.

Noun : A young chicken.

Noun : (dated, endearing) A young child.

chump

Noun : (colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

Noun : (colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.

Noun : The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.

chips

Noun : (slang) A carpenter.

Noun : Traditional nickname for someone whose surname is Carpenter.

Noun : (Internet) Acronym of cookies having independent partitioned state.

chive

Noun : A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.

Noun : (in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

Noun : (obsolete) The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron.

chock

Noun : Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.

Noun : (nautical) Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.

Verb : (transitive) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.

chink

Noun : A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.

Noun : A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.

Noun : A chip or dent in something metallic.

chess

Noun : A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

Noun : (now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

Noun : (military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

chino

Noun : A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

chirp

Noun : A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

Noun : (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets.

chine

Noun : The top of a ridge.

Noun : The spine of an animal.

Noun : A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.

champ

Noun : (informal) Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)

Noun : (Ireland) A meal of mashed potatoes and scallions.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.

chomp

Noun : The act of chomping (see below)

Noun : (computing, rare) A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits, which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.

Verb : (intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.

ching

Noun : A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.

Noun : (countable) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.

Noun : (uncountable, slang) Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).

churl

Noun : (feudalism, obsolete except historical)

Noun : A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.

Noun : A bondman or serf.

chevy

Noun : (countable) A hunt or pursuit; a chase.

Noun : (countable) A cry used in hunting.

Noun : (uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars.

chape

Noun : The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.

Noun : (archaic) The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.

Noun : Alternative form of chappe (“rainguard”) (piece fitted to a sword's crossguard). [A piece, typically of leather, fitted to the crossguard of European swords of the later medieval period, attested mainly in art, of uncertain purpose.]

chela

Noun : A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Noun : A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

chico

Noun : (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American boy; a Latino.

Noun : The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.

Noun : (American Southwest, chiefly in the plural) Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.

chint

Noun : Obsolete form of chintz. [A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.]

choco

Noun : (Australia, slang) A person with dark skin tone.

Noun : (Australia, obsolete) A militiaman or conscript; chocolate soldier.

Noun : (Australia, slang) An army reservist.

chuff

Adjective : (Britain) Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.

Adjective : (UK, dialect) stupid; churlish; loutish.

Verb : In a chuff manner.

cholo

Noun : (derogatory) A Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics.

chops

Noun : (slang) Jaws, lips, mouth.

Noun : (originally US jazz slang) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.

Noun : (informal, by extension) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.

chloe

Noun : A female given name from Ancient Greek

chobe

choak

Verb : Obsolete form of choke. [(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).]

chook

Noun : (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A chicken, especially a hen.

Noun : (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.

Noun : (Australia, dated) A fool.

chris

Noun : A diminutive of the male given names Christopher or (less commonly) Christian.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name (along with other variant forms) Christina.

chang

Noun : (often italicized) A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia

Noun : A surname from Mandarin.

Noun : A surname from Chinese.

chung

Noun : A common surname from Korean.

Noun : A surname from Chinese.

chaps

Noun : Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.

Noun : (Britain) Acronym of clearing house automated payment system: a method of same-day banking transfer.

chyme

Noun : The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

chert

Noun : (geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.

Noun : (countable) A flint-like tool made from chert.

chica

Noun : (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American girl; a Latina.

Noun : An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.

Noun : A surname.

cheep

Verb : Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.

Verb : To express in a chirping tone.

Noun : A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

chewy

Adjective : Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.

Noun : (US, informal) A type of soft and sticky cookie.

Noun : (Australia, informal) Alternative form of chewie (“chewing gum”) [(Australia, informal) Chewing gum.]

chese

chonk

Adjective : (slang, of an animal) Adorably fat or large.

Noun : (slang) An adorably fat or large creature, particularly a cat.

Noun : Alternative form of chank (“type of shell”) [(India) The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.]

churr

Verb : To make the low vocal sound of some birds.

Noun : A low vocal sound made by some birds.

Verb : Alternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”) [(intransitive) To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).]

cheil

chear

Noun : Obsolete form of cheer. [(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.]

Verb : Obsolete form of cheer. [(transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.]

chyle

Noun : A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.

chemo

Verb : (informal, transitive) To treat with chemotherapy.

Noun : (informal) Clipping of chemotherapy. [(medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.]

chace

Verb : (obsolete) To chase; to pursue.

Noun : (obsolete) A chase.

Noun : A surname originating as an occupation.

chast

Verb : (obsolete) to chasten

Adjective : Obsolete form of chaste. [Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.]

chubb

Noun : (slang) An erection of the penis.

Noun : A surname.

chimp

Noun : (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.

Verb : (informal, often derogatory) To review each image on a digital camera after it is taken.

Verb : (informal, often derogatory) To get very excited when showing images on a digital camera.

chole

Noun : (Indian cooking) Chickpeas, or a curry consisting mainly of chickpeas.

Noun : (medicine, colloquial) Short for cholecystectomy. [(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove the gall bladder]

choli

Noun : (fashion) A short-sleeved blouse worn under a sari; an Indian underbodice.

chark

Noun : Charcoal; coke.

Noun : A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill.

Noun : (US, Alaska) A wine glass.

chiro

Noun : (informal, countable) A chiropractor.

Noun : (informal, uncountable) Chiropractic.

chara

Noun : A green alga of the genus Chara.

Noun : Shortened form of charabanc

Noun : (countable) A surname.

chivy

Noun : Alternative form of chevy [(countable) A hunt or pursuit; a chase.]

Verb : Alternative form of chevy [(transitive) To chase or hunt.]

chirk

Verb : (intransitive, especially as "chirk up") To become happier.

Verb : (transitive, especially as "chirk up") To make happier.

Verb : To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

chirm

Noun : A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.

Verb : (obsolete) To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does.

chimb

Noun : Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”) [The top of a ridge.]

chaco

Noun : A province in northern Argentina.

Noun : Swamped area in southern South America

Noun : Alternative form of shako [A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.]

chlor

chron

Noun : (geology) A period of time between two geomagnetic reversals.

cheal

Noun : A surname

cheng

Noun : A surname from Chinese.

Noun : A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.

Noun : A district of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.

choux

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