9-letter words containing c, h, i, r, o
- dichroite — cordierite.
- dichromat — a person whose vision can only distinguish two colours
- dichromic — of or involving only two colours; dichromatic
- dimorphic — having two forms.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- ditrochee — a form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit.
- dolichuri — poetic term
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- dysphoric — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- echiuroid — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
- echovirus — any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
- enchorial — Indigenous, native.
- endorheic — (of a lake or basin) Internally drained; having no outlet.
- euchloric — relating to euchlorine
- 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.
- fish crow — a crow, Corvus ossifragus, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, that feeds on fish, mollusks, etc.
- forechoir — antechoir.
- grieshoch — a bed of embers, especially of a peat or moss fire.
- grouchier — Comparative form of grouchy.
- grouchily — In a grouchy manner.
- grouching — Present participle of grouch.
- hair-lock — a curl of the hair of the head
- haircloth — cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
- harmonica — Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- heroicize — heroize.
- heterotic — Of or relating to heterosis (hybrid vigor).
- hickories — Plural form of hickory.
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- hircosity — the quality of being like a goat
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- holarctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
- holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
- honorific — Also, honorifical. doing or conferring honor.
- horologic — of or relating to horology.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
- hydriodic — of or derived from hydriodic acid.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- 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.