9-letter words containing c, h, i, b
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- chabazite — a pink, white, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, sodium, potassium, and aluminium in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al2Si4O12.6H2O
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chair bed — a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.
- chairback — the part of a chair that supports the sitter's back
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- charbroil — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- check bit — a binary digit used as part of a unit of information that is intended to indicate whether or not an error has occurred in the transmission or storage of the information.
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- cherubini — (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.
- chilblain — Chilblains are painful red swellings which people sometimes get on their fingers or toes in cold weather.
- chin ball — a device fastened under the chin of a bull to mark cows it has mounted
- chin-bone — the anterior portion of the mandible, forming the prominence of the chin.
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chippable — having the ability to be reduced to small pieces
- choir-boy — a boy who sings in a choir, especially a church choir.
- choirboys — Plural form of choirboy.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- chubbiest — Superlative form of chubby.
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitee — A person who cohabits with another.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohesible — capable of cohesion
- coinhabit — To inhabit together.
- coolibahs — Plural form of coolibah.
- dabchicks — Plural form of dabchick.
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- ecophobia — Fear of one\u2019s home.
- fightback — A fightback is an effort made by a person or group of people to get back into a strong position when they seem likely to lose something such as an election or an important sports match.
- fishyback — a cargo supply chain involving container transfer from lorry to ship
- fitchburg — a city in N Massachusetts.
- habitance — (obsolete) dwelling; abode; residence.
- habitancy — the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
- herbicide — a substance or preparation for killing plants, especially weeds.
- hexabasic — containing six hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced or ionized: a hexabasic acid.
- high-carb — having a high carbohydrate content
- hubristic — excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
- hybristic — hubris.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- pinch bug — a stag beetle
- pinchback — Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
- pinchbeck — an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
- pitchbend — an electronic device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note being sounded on a synthesizer, usually with a pitch wheel, strip, or lever
- rechabite — a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention