9-letter words containing c, h, i, p
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- deciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher.
- diaphonic — Of or pertaining to diaphony.
- dichoptic — having the eyes distinctly separate
- digraphic — Of or pertaining to a digraph.
- dimorphic — having two forms.
- dipswitch — (electronics, computing) A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
- dot pitch — (hardware) The distance between a dot and the closest dot of the same colour (red, green or blue) on a color CRT. Dot pitch is typically from 0.28 to 0.51 mm but large presentation monitors may go up to 1.0 mm. The smaller the dot pitch, the crisper the image, 0.31 or less provides a sharp image, especially when displaying text. Dot pitch measurements between conventional tubes and Sony's Trinitron tubes are roughly, but not exactly comparable. Sony's CRTs use vertical stripes, not dots, and its measurement is the distance between stripes, not the diagonal distance between dots.
- dysphagic — difficulty in swallowing.
- dysphasic — inability to speak or understand words because of a brain lesion.
- dysphonic — any disturbance of normal vocal function.
- dysphoric — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- ecophobia — Fear of one\u2019s home.
- emphatics — Plural form of emphatic.
- enciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encipher.
- eparchial — Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- epedaphic — of or relating to atmospheric conditions
- ephemeric — Ephemeral.
- epilithic — (of plants) growing on the surface of rock
- epiphanic — Having the character of a religious epiphany.
- epiphytic — Of or pertaining to an epiphyte.
- epitaphic — Pertaining to an epitaph.
- epithecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- epithetic — Of or relating to epithets.
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- euphenics — the study of biological improvement
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- exophoric — Relating to, or exhibiting, exophora.
- exophytic — (pathology) In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- geophilic — soil-loving
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- graphitic — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- hair clip — clasp for securing hairstyle
- hairpiece — a toupee.
- hand-pick — to pick by hand.
- handicaps — Plural form of handicap.
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- headpiece — a piece of armor for the head; helmet.
- heelpiece — Shoemaking. a piece of leather, wood, or other material serving as the heel of a shoe, boot, or the like. such a piece used in repairing a heel.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hepaticas — Plural form of hepatica.
- hepatitic — Related to hepatitis and other liver diseases.
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- herceptin — a monoclonal antibody that inhibits the protein that can fuel tumour growth, used in the treatment of breast cancer