9-letter words containing a, n, c, h, r
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- churchman — A churchman is the same as a clergyman.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- co-anchor — one of the usually two anchors for a radio or TV newscast
- 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.
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- cranachan — a Scottish dessert made with oatmeal, cream, and whisky
- cranreuch — a hoarfrost
- crashland — Alternative form of crash-land.
- cytherean — of or relating to Cytherea.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- dichondra — any of a genus of creeping perennial herbs of the Convolvulaceae family, with white, pale yellow, or green flowers
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- enchanter — A person who uses magic or sorcery, esp. to put someone or something under a spell.
- enchorial — Indigenous, native.
- enhancers — Plural form of enhancer.
- entrechat — A vertical jump during which the dancer repeatedly crosses the feet and beats them together.
- ethnarchs — Plural form of ethnarch.
- exchanger — A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another.
- franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- fratching — a quarrel; argument; dispute.
- frenchman — a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- goncharov — Ivan Alexandrovich [ih-vahn al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-,, ahy-vuh n;; Russian ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ɪˈvɑn ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˈaɪ vən;; Russian iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1812–91, Russian novelist.
- grauncher — a person who crushes or destroys
- gynarchic — relating to gynarchy or rule by women
- hachuring — Present participle of hachure.
- handcarry — to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- handcarts — Plural form of handcart.
- handcraft — handicraft.
- hard neck — audacity; nerve
- harmonica — Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- henrician — of or having to do with the reign, policies, etc. of any king named Henry, esp. Henry VIII of England
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- heritance — inheritance.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
- huascaran — a mountain in W Peru, in the Andes. 22,205 feet (6768 meters).
- hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- hyrcanian — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.