9-letter words containing a, h, r
- conchobar — (in Irish legend) a king of Ulster at about the beginning of the Christian era
- cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
- coronachs — Plural form of coronach.
- cothamore — a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- cow shark — any large primitive shark, esp Hexanchus griseum, of the family Hexanchidae of warm and temperate waters
- crackhead — a person addicted to the drug crack
- crampfish — a ray of the order Torpediniformes with electric organs on either side of its head
- cranachan — a Scottish dessert made with oatmeal, cream, and whisky
- cranreuch — a hoarfrost
- crapshoot — If you describe something as a crapshoot, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance.
- crash out — If someone crashes out somewhere, they fall asleep where they are because they are very tired or drunk.
- crash pad — a place to live or sleep temporarily
- crash-hot — extremely impressive
- crashland — Alternative form of crash-land.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- crosshair — either of the two fine mutually perpendicular lines or wires that cross in the focal plane of a theodolite, gunsight, or other optical instrument and are used to define the line of sight
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- crush bar — a bar at a theatre for serving drinks during the intervals of a play
- crushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cry havoc — to give the signal for pillage and destruction
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cucaracha — a cockroach
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- cutthroat — a person who cuts throats; murderer
- cybercash — Funds used in electronic financial transactions, especially over the Internet.
- cyberchat — Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
- cyberhack — Computers. hack1 (def 22b).
- cyberrhea — (humour, jargon) /si:'ber-eer/ An affliction of some word processor users; excessive frequency and looseness of productivity. Particularly virulent among those who have not discovered the fortifying virtues of revision.
- cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
- cytherean — of or relating to Cytherea.
- dankworth — Sir John (Philip William). 1927–2010, British jazz composer, bandleader, and saxophonist: married to Cleo Laine
- darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- dear john — a letter from a woman informing her boyfriend or fiancé that she is ending their relationship or informing her husband that she wants a divorce: Nothing is worse for a soldier's morale than getting a Dear John.
- dearheart — A term of affection.
- death ray — an imaginary ray capable of killing
- death row — If someone is on death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death.
- deathtrap — If you say that a place or vehicle is a deathtrap, you mean it is in such bad condition that it might cause someone's death.
- deathward — having an inclination or disposition towards death
- debaucher — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
- decahedra — plural form of singular decahedron: solid figure with ten plane faces
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
- declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'declare'.
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
- dehra dun — a city in N India, the capital of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal): Indian military academy (1932). Pop: 447 808 (2001)
- dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.