9-letter words containing c, h, r, i
- crossfish — a starfish
- crosshair — either of the two fine mutually perpendicular lines or wires that cross in the focal plane of a theodolite, gunsight, or other optical instrument and are used to define the line of sight
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- crunching — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- currishly — In a currish manner; like a cur or knave.
- deciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher.
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diarrheic — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of diarrhea.
- dichondra — any of a genus of creeping perennial herbs of the Convolvulaceae family, with white, pale yellow, or green flowers
- dichroism — a property of a uniaxial crystal, such as tourmaline, of showing a perceptible difference in colour when viewed along two different axes in transmitted white light
- dichroite — cordierite.
- dichromat — a person whose vision can only distinguish two colours
- dichromic — of or involving only two colours; dichromatic
- didrachma — An Ancient Greek silver coin worth two drachmas.
- digraphic — Of or pertaining to a digraph.
- dimorphic — having two forms.
- dirichlet — Peter Gustav Lejeune [pey-tuh r goo s-tahf luh-zhœn] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, German mathematician.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dischurch — to cause (a church) to no longer be a church
- dish rack — frame for drying dishes
- ditrochee — a form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit.
- dolichuri — poetic term
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- drenching — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- dysphoric — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- echeveria — any of numerous succulent plants of the genus Echeveria, native to tropical America and having thick leaves characteristically forming rosettes.
- 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.
- enchorial — Indigenous, native.
- enciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encipher.
- endorheic — (of a lake or basin) Internally drained; having no outlet.
- enrichers — Plural form of enricher.
- enriching — Improve or enhance the quality or value of.
- eparchial — Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- ephemeric — Ephemeral.
- erythemic — having the characteristics of erythema
- etherical — relating to ether
- eucharist — The Eucharist is the Christian religious ceremony in which Christ's last meal with his disciples is celebrated by eating bread and drinking wine.
- euchloric — relating to euchlorine
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- eurythmic — (music) harmonious.
- 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.
- exarchist — a supporter of an exarch, esp the Exarch of Bulgaria
- exophoric — Relating to, or exhibiting, exophora.
- faithcure — a cure or healing through prayer or faith in God