So it is cheating, but the OED online has a great search feature. I looked for ch*ch and found the following list (dupes deleted). My favorite is chiliarch -- the commander of a thousand men. This list is just words (and compound words) that start and end with "ch". There are 1221 entries for the search *ch*ch*.
1 chaffinch 2 chain-stitch 3 chalynch 4 chamber-pitch (found in chamber, n.) 5 chancel-arch (found in chancel) 6 change-church 7 character-sketch 8 chariot-match (found in chariot, n.) 10 chaunch, chaunfer 11 chawfinch 13 check-watch (found in check-) 14 check-winch (found in check) 15 cheek-pouch (found in cheek, n.) 16 cheese-cratch (found in cheese, n.) 17 cherice, cherich 19 cherry-finch (found in cherry, n.) 22 chich, n., a., v. 27 chiliarch 28 chimney-smutch (found in chimney) 29 chinch, n., a., v. 35 chiri(e, chirisch 36 chitch 37 chitter-pouch (found in chitter, n.) 38 chofinch 39 choir-pitch (found in choir, n.) 40 choke-fitch (found in choke-) 41 choledoch, a. 42 cholidoc(h) 43 chonch 44 chop-church 45 church, n. v. 47 church-bench (found in church, n.) 48 church-hatch (found in church, n.) 50 church-porch 51 chyle-stomach (found in chyle)
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Chichester.
tchotchke
Do they have to be English words???
Chechen (as in Chechen Republic, formerly in the USSR)
chinchilla (rodent)
The ChaCha, Churchill,
Cha-Ching!
choo-choo
hootchie-cootchie and Chipwich
So it is cheating, but the OED online has a great search feature.
I looked for ch*ch and found the following list (dupes deleted). My favorite is chiliarch -- the commander of a thousand men. This list is just words (and compound words) that start and end with "ch". There are 1221 entries for the search *ch*ch*.
1 chaffinch
2 chain-stitch
3 chalynch
4 chamber-pitch (found in chamber, n.)
5 chancel-arch (found in chancel)
6 change-church
7 character-sketch
8 chariot-match (found in chariot, n.)
10 chaunch, chaunfer
11 chawfinch
13 check-watch (found in check-)
14 check-winch (found in check)
15 cheek-pouch (found in cheek, n.)
16 cheese-cratch (found in cheese, n.)
17 cherice, cherich
19 cherry-finch (found in cherry, n.)
22 chich, n., a., v.
27 chiliarch
28 chimney-smutch (found in chimney)
29 chinch, n., a., v.
35 chiri(e, chirisch
36 chitch
37 chitter-pouch (found in chitter, n.)
38 chofinch
39 choir-pitch (found in choir, n.)
40 choke-fitch (found in choke-)
41 choledoch, a.
42 cholidoc(h)
43 chonch
44 chop-church
45 church, n. v.
47 church-bench (found in church, n.)
48 church-hatch (found in church, n.)
50 church-porch
51 chyle-stomach (found in chyle)
(mind boggles)
Wow! I had no idea that there wer so many - and I too like chiliarch. Mucho thanks, Ron.
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