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9-letter words containing c, h, o, r, d

  • 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.
  • echo word — a word that is echoic (sense 2), or onomatopoeic
  • ecohazard — any substance or activity that poses a threat to a habitat or an environment: Off-the-road motorcycling is an ecohazard to fragile desert habitats.
  • endorheic — (of a lake or basin) Internally drained; having no outlet.
  • hard coal — anthracite.
  • hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
  • hard core — pornography: obscene
  • hard rock — heavy form of popular music
  • hard-core — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
  • hard-rock — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
  • hardcourt — relating to a type of tennis court that is made of hard material
  • hardcover — a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.
  • hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
  • holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
  • hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
  • hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
  • hydriodic — of or derived from hydriodic acid.
  • hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
  • hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
  • hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
  • isohydric — having the same acidity or hydrogen-ion concentration
  • monochord — an acoustical instrument dating from antiquity, consisting of an oblong wooden sounding box, usually with a single string, used for the mathematical determination of musical intervals.
  • monorchid — having or appearing to have only one testis.
  • notochord — a rodlike cord of cells that forms the chief axial supporting structure of the body of the lower chordates, as amphioxus and the cyclostomes, and of the embryos of the vertebrates.
  • octachord — any musical instrument with eight strings.
  • octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
  • orcharder — One who owns or operates an orchard.
  • orchidist — an orchid grower
  • pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
  • phonecard — calling card (def 3).
  • photocard — A photocard is a card with a person's photograph on it, which they can use to prove who they are.
  • radicchio — a variety of chicory originating in Italy, having a compact head of reddish, white-streaked leaves: leaves and roots may be cooked or used raw in salads.
  • reach rod — a rod for operating a remote piece of machinery, as a valve.
  • red ocher — any of the red natural earths, mixtures of hematite, that are used as pigments.
  • red ochre — any of various natural red earths containing ferric oxide: used as pigments
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • rheochord — a wire inserted into an electrical circuit to vary or regulate the current
  • 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.
  • rock-hard — Something that is rock-hard is very hard indeed.
  • 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.
  • rood arch — an archway at the center of a rood screen.
  • roundarch — having rounded arches
  • sash cord — a cord for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
  • schroeder — ˈGerhard (ˈgɛʀhɑʀt) ; gerˈhärt) 1944- ; Ger. politican: chancellor of Germany (1998-2005)
  • scirrhoid — resembling a scirrhus.
  • scrooched — to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
  • show card — an advertising placard or card.
  • the crowd — the common people; the masses
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