9-letter words containing c, h, i, e, s
- schlemiel — an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.
- schlemihl — an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.
- schlesien — German name of Silesia.
- schleswig — a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic.
- schlieren — Petrography. streaks or irregularly shaped masses in an igneous rock that differ in texture or composition from the main mass.
- schmeling — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1905–2005, German boxer: world heavyweight champion 1930–32.
- schneider — to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a point in a game or match.
- schnittke — Alfred, 1934–1998, Russian composer.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- schofield — John McAllister [muh-kal-i-ster] /məˈkæl ɪ stər/ (Show IPA), 1831–1906, U.S. general.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schreiner — Olive ("Ralph Iron") c1862–1920, English author and feminist.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- scratchie — a scratchcard
- scrunchie — an elastic band covered with gathered fabric, used to fasten the hair, as in a ponytail.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- selachian — belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
- sennachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- sexaholic — a person who is addicted to sex
- shanachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- shechinah — Shekhinah.
- shechitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- sheeptick — a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
- sheet ice — ice frozen in a relatively thin, smooth, and extensive layer on the surface of a body of water.
- shelf ice — ice forming part of or broken from an ice shelf.
- shickered — intoxicated; drunk.
- shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- showpiece — something that is displayed or exhibited.
- sidecheck — a checkrein passing from the bit to the saddle of a harness.
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- sketch in — If you sketch in details about something, you tell them to people.
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- smethwick — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- spaceship — spacecraft.
- speechify — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- spicebush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stitchery — needlework.
- streicher — Julius. 1885–1946, German Nazi journalist and politician, who spread anti-Semitic propaganda as editor of Der Stürmer (1923–45). He was hanged as a war criminal
- stretchie — an infant's one-piece garment covering the torso, legs, and feet, made of stretch fabric.
- sub-chief — the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority: the chief of police.
- superchic — highly or very chic
- superrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.