9-letter words containing c, h, o, u
- dolichuri — poetic term
- douchebag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
- duckshove — to evade (responsibility or an issue)
- dustcloth — a soft, absorbent cloth used for dusting.
- dutch bob — a hair style consisting of bangs cut straight across the forehead and the rest of the hair cut to a uniform length just below the ears.
- dutch hoe — a type of hoe in which the head consists of a two-edged cross-blade attached to two prongs or of a single pressing of this shape
- 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.
- echovirus — any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
- euchloric — relating to euchlorine
- euchology — a euchologion
- eulachons — Plural form of eulachon.
- eunuchoid — Resembling a eunuch, typically in having reduced or indeterminate sexual characteristics.
- eurobeach — a beach that has been designated as suitable for bathing from because it meets the limits set by European Union regulations for bacteria in bathing areas
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- forasmuch — Inasmuch, seeing (that).
- gauchesco — of or relating to gauchos
- gouch out — to become drowsy or lethargic under the influence of narcotics
- grouchier — Comparative form of grouchy.
- grouchily — In a grouchy manner.
- grouching — Present participle of grouch.
- guilloche — an ornamental pattern or border, as in architecture, consisting of paired ribbons or lines flowing in interlaced curves around a series of circular voids.
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- hardcourt — relating to a type of tennis court that is made of hard material
- hatch out — be hatched from an egg
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- hiccoughs — Plural form of hiccough.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- ice house — a building for storing ice.
- icehouses — Plural form of icehouse.
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- kiungchow — Qiongzhou.
- kluckhohn — Clyde (Kay Maben) [mey-buh n] /ˈmeɪ bən/ (Show IPA), 1905–60, American anthropologist.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.