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9-letter words containing c, h, o, p

  • hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
  • hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
  • hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
  • hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
  • hyponymic — Of or pertaining to hyponyms.
  • hypopneic — of or relating to hypopnoea
  • hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
  • hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
  • hypotonic — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
  • hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
  • hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
  • lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
  • loin chop — a small piece of meat cut from the loin
  • lyophilic — noting a colloid the particles of which have a strong affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
  • lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
  • mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
  • microchip — chip1 (def 5).
  • mishpocha — an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan.
  • monopitch — having only one slope or a slope with a regular gradient
  • morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
  • morphinic — of, pertaining to, or resembling morphine
  • morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
  • mycophagy — the eating of mushrooms
  • mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
  • myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
  • necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
  • neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
  • neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
  • nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
  • neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
  • nonspeech — absence of speech; silence, muteness
  • octothorp — Another term for the pound sign ().
  • oil patch — an area in which oil is produced.
  • omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
  • ophiuchus — a large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius and containing the dark nebula, Ophiuchus Nebula
  • opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
  • orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
  • orthoptic — pertaining to or producing normal binocular vision.
  • outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
  • overcheap — too cheap
  • overperch — to fly up to perch on
  • overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
  • oxyphilic — acidophilic.
  • pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
  • pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
  • packcloth — a cloth used for packing
  • packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
  • panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
  • pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
  • parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
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