9-letter words containing c, h, o, n
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- pinchcock — a clamp for compressing a flexible pipe, as a rubber tube, in order to regulate or stop the flow of a fluid.
- pinocchio — the hero of Carlo Collodi's children's story, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), a wooden puppet who comes to life as a boy and whose nose grows longer whenever he tells a lie.
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- punch out — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-out — a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- reblochon — a soft French cheese
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rock hind — a small, orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus adscensionis, inhabiting warm seas from North Carolina to Brazil, especially in the West Indies, and fished as food.
- rockhound — a person who collects or who is interested in rocks and minerals
- rodchenko — Aleksandr (Mikhailovich) [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, mi-key-luh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, mɪˈkeɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1956, Soviet painter, photographer, and designer.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- roughneck — a rough, coarse person; a tough.
- roundarch — having rounded arches
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- schnozzle — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- schoolman — a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
- sconcheon — the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall.
- scorching — burning; very hot.
- scotching — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scotchman — Sometimes Offensive. Scotsman.
- scuncheon — sconcheon.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- short con — any simple confidence game involving a relatively small amount of money.
- showmance — a romance between two stars that only lasts for the run of the show
- smooching — smutch.
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- solonchak — a type of intrazonal soil of arid regions with a greyish surface crust: contains large quantities of soluble salts
- stanchion — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stockhorn — pibgorn.
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- 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.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symphonic — Music. of, for, pertaining to, or having the character of a symphony or symphony orchestra.
- synchrony — simultaneous occurrence; synchronism.
- tachyonic — characteristic of a tachyon
- technikon — a technical college
- technopop — synthpop.
- thecodont — any of various reptiles of the extinct order Thecodontia, occurring in the late Permian to late Triassic periods and characterized by teeth set in sockets.
- theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god