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9-letter words containing c, h, i, p, r

  • hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
  • hyperacid — Highly acidic.
  • hyperemic — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
  • hypericin — an antidepressant and antiviral compound derived from Saint John's wort
  • hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
  • hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
  • hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
  • hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
  • hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
  • hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
  • hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
  • hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
  • hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
  • microchip — chip1 (def 5).
  • morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
  • morphinic — of, pertaining to, or resembling morphine
  • morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
  • necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
  • nephritic — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
  • nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
  • neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
  • orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
  • orthoptic — pertaining to or producing normal binocular vision.
  • overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
  • parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
  • parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • patriarch — the male head of a family or tribal line.
  • pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
  • perthitic — relating to, consisting of, or having a similarity to perthite
  • petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
  • pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
  • pharisaic — of or relating to the Pharisees.
  • phrenetic — frenetic.
  • pie chart — a graphic representation of quantitative information by means of a circle divided into sectors, in which the relative sizes of the areas (or central angles) of the sectors correspond to the relative sizes or proportions of the quantities.
  • pikeperch — any of several pikelike fishes of the perch family, especially the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum.
  • pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
  • pinwrench — wrench with a projection to fit a hole
  • pitch for — If someone is pitching for something, they are trying to persuade other people to give it to them.
  • pitchfork — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
  • plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
  • porphyric — of or relating to porphyria
  • praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
  • preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
  • preachily — in a preachy fashion
  • preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
  • prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
  • pritchett — Sir V(ictor) S(awdon) [sawd-n] /ˈsɔd n/ (Show IPA), 1900–97, English literary critic, journalist, novelist, and short-story writer.
  • prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
  • prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • prothetic — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
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