9-letter words containing c, h, i, t, o, s
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- schistose — of, resembling, or in the form of schist.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- scotching — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scotophil — living and flourishing in darkness.
- slo pitch — slow pitch
- slo-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- soothlich — truly
- sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- stanchion — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stockfish — fish, as the cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air without salt.
- stomachic — of or relating to the stomach; gastric.
- switch on — the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
- switch-on — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- taoiseach — The prime minister of the Republic of Ireland is called the Taoiseach.
- thomistic — the theological and philosophical system of Thomas Aquinas.
- topstitch — to sew a line of stitches on the face side of (a garment or the like) alongside a seam.
- tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trichosis — any disease of the hair.
- trochilus — scotia.
- whipstock — the handle of a whip.
- wholistic — holism.