9-letter words containing c, h, e, d
- hackneyed — let out, employed, or done for hire.
- hacksawed — Simple past tense and past participle of hacksaw.
- half deck — (in a sailing ship) the portion of the deck below the upper or spar deck and aft of the mainmast.
- half-deck — a deck on an old ship of war that is situated below the upper deck and extends aft from the mainmast
- hammocked — Ensconced in a hammock.
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- hard case — a tough person not swayed by sentiment
- hard core — pornography: obscene
- hard neck — audacity; nerve
- hard-case — rough and hard-bitten: hard-case juvenile delinquents.
- hard-core — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hardcover — a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- hat dance — a Mexican folk dance in which the man places his sombrero on the ground as an offer of love and the woman dances on the hat's brim and then places the hat on her head to indicate her acceptance of him.
- hatcheled — Simple past tense and past participle of hatchel.
- head chef — professional cook who runs a kitchen
- head cold — a form of the common cold characterized especially by nasal congestion and sneezing.
- head lice — lice which lay eggs in human hair
- headaches — Plural form of headache.
- headcanon — (fandom slang) Elements and interpretations of a fictional universe accepted by an individual fan, but not found within or supported by the official canon.
- headcases — Plural form of headcase.
- headchair — a chair with a support for the head
- headcloth — any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- headpiece — a piece of armor for the head; helmet.
- headraces — Plural form of headrace.
- headreach — the distance made to windward while tacking
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- headspace — empty space left above the contents of a closed jar, can, or other container.
- headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- heathclad — Clad or crowned with heath.
- helicoids — Plural form of helicoid.
- helidecks — Plural form of helideck.
- hendricks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henpecked — browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.: a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
- herbicide — a substance or preparation for killing plants, especially weeds.
- hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
- hiccupped — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hodoscope — any device for tracing the path of a charged particle, esp a particle found in cosmic rays
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- homicides — Plural form of homicide.
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hypercard — A software package by Bill Atkinson for storage and retrieval of information on the Macintosh. It can handle images and is designed for browsing. The powerful customisable interactive user interface allows new applications to be easily constructed by manipulating objects on the screen, often without conventional programming, though the language HyperTalk can be used for more complex tasks.
- iechyd da — a drinking toast; good health; cheers
- impeached — Simple past tense and past participle of impeach.
- inchanted — Simple past tense and past participle of inchant.