9-letter words containing c, h, e, d
- deschutes — river in central and N Oreg., flowing from the Cascade Range north into the Columbia River: c. 250 mi (402 km)
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- deutscher — Isaac, 1907–1967, English journalist and author, born in Poland.
- diarrheic — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of diarrhea.
- diathetic — Pathology. a constitutional predisposition or tendency, as to a particular disease or other abnormal state of the body or mind.
- dichroite — cordierite.
- dirichlet — Peter Gustav Lejeune [pey-tuh r goo s-tahf luh-zhœn] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, German mathematician.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- distiches — Alternative spelling of distichs Plural form of distich.
- ditrochee — a form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit.
- dog-cheap — very inexpensive.
- dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
- doohickey — a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
- dordrecht — a city in SW Netherlands, on the Waal River.
- douchebag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- drenching — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- duchesses — the wife or widow of a duke.
- duckshove — to evade (responsibility or an issue)
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk
- dutch hoe — a type of hoe in which the head consists of a two-edged cross-blade attached to two prongs or of a single pressing of this shape
- dyschezia — Difficult or painful defecation.
- dysthetic — relating to dysthesia
- echeloned — Simple past tense and past participle of echelon.
- echidnine — the essential element contained in the poison of certain snakes or the poisonous secretion itself
- echinoids — Plural form of echinoid.
- echiuroid — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
- echo word — a word that is echoic (sense 2), or onomatopoeic
- ecohazard — any substance or activity that poses a threat to a habitat or an environment: Off-the-road motorcycling is an ecohazard to fragile desert habitats.
- enchained — Simple past form of enchain.
- enchanted — Simple past tense and past participle of enchant.
- enchilada — A rolled tortilla with a filling typically of meat and served with a chili sauce.
- endorheic — (of a lake or basin) Internally drained; having no outlet.
- epedaphic — of or relating to atmospheric conditions
- escheated — Simple past tense and past participle of escheat.
- ethnocide — The deliberate and systematic destruction of the culture of an ethnic group.
- eunuchoid — Resembling a eunuch, typically in having reduced or indeterminate sexual characteristics.
- exchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of exchange.
- friedrich — a male given name.
- gelechiid — any of numerous small moths of the family Gelechiidae, including many crop pests, as the Angoumois grain moth and potato tuberworm.
- gottsched — Johann Christoph. 1700–66, German critic, dramatist, and translator
- hacendado — the owner of a hacienda.
- haciendas — Plural form of hacienda.
- hack mode — (jargon) Engaged in hacking. A Zen-like state of total focus on The Problem that may be achieved when one is hacking (this is why every good hacker is part mystic). Ability to enter such concentration at will correlates strongly with wizardliness; it is one of the most important skills learned during larval stage. Sometimes amplified as "deep hack mode". Being yanked out of hack mode (see priority interrupt) may be experienced as a physical shock, and the sensation of being in hack mode is more than a little habituating. The intensity of this experience is probably by itself sufficient explanation for the existence of hackers, and explains why many resist being promoted out of positions where they can code. See also cyberspace. Some aspects of hackish etiquette will appear quite odd to an observer unaware of the high value placed on hack mode. For example, if someone appears at your door, it is perfectly okay to hold up a hand (without turning one's eyes away from the screen) to avoid being interrupted. One may read, type, and interact with the computer for quite some time before further acknowledging the other's presence (of course, he or she is reciprocally free to leave without a word). The understanding is that you might be in hack mode with a lot of delicate state in your head, and you dare not swap that context out until you have reached a good point to pause. See also juggling eggs.
- hacked up — (jargon, programming) Sufficiently patched, kluged, and tweaked that the surgical scars are beginning to crowd out normal tissue (compare critical mass). Not all programs that are hacked become "hacked up"; if modifications are done with some eye to coherence and continued maintainability, the software may emerge better for the experience. Contrast hack up.
- hackitude — (jargon) An even sillier word for hackishness.