9-letter words containing c, h, i
- aristarch — a severe critic.
- armchairs — Plural form of armchair.
- arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- asthmatic — People who suffer from asthma are sometimes referred to as asthmatics.
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- atheistic — Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God.
- athematic — not based on themes
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- attaching — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- auschwitz — an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- autarchic — absolute sovereignty.
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- avouching — Present participle of avouch.
- bacchical — Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.
- backfisch — a teenage girl; a girl who has not yet reached maturity
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- backshish — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- bakuchiol — A meroterpene phenol, extracted from seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, that shows antimicrobial activity.
- baldachin — a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barocchio — Giacomo (ˈdʒakomo)
- batrachia — amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
- beachside — situated near a beach
- bechstein — Karl. 1826–1900, German piano maker; founder (1853) of the Bechstein company of piano manufacturers in Berlin
- bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.
- berdichev — a city in W central Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- bewitched — to affect by witchcraft or magic; cast a spell over.
- bewitcher — a person who enchants or bewitches
- biochemic — relating to the chemistry of living organisms
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- birdwatch — to watch birds
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- bismuthic — of or containing bismuth in the pentavalent state
- bitchface — Also called resting bitchface, bitchy resting face, chronic bitchface. (especially of a woman) a facial expression that does not consciously express a particular emotion but that others perceive as scowling, threatening, etc.: I can’t help that I have resting bitchface. Her face naturally goes into a bitchface, but I promise she’s super friendly. I’m not angry, I just have chronic bitch face. Abbreviation: RBF. (especially of a woman) a deliberate facial expression of anger or disgust, often employed to appear unapproachable: I put on my bitchface when I ride the train so creepy guys don’t talk to me. It’s important to perfect your bitchface.
- bitchfest — a malicious and spiteful discussion of people, events, etc
- blackfish — a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
- blue chip — Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable.
- blue-chip — of, relating to, or constituting a blue chip.
- brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
- branchiae — the gills of an aquatic animal
- branchial — of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish