9-letter words containing c, h, r, i
- aristarch — a severe critic.
- armchairs — Plural form of armchair.
- arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- autarchic — absolute sovereignty.
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barocchio — Giacomo (ˈdʒakomo)
- batrachia — amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
- bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.
- berdichev — a city in W central Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- bewitcher — a person who enchants or bewitches
- birdwatch — to watch birds
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
- branchiae — the gills of an aquatic animal
- branchial — of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish
- branching — the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
- branchio- — gills
- brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- breeching — the strap of a harness that passes behind a horse's haunches
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- bronchium — a medium-sized bronchial tube
- brunching — a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch.
- brythonic — the S group of Celtic languages, consisting of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton
- c horizon — the layer of a soil profile immediately below the B horizon and above the bedrock, composed of weathered rock little affected by soil-forming processes
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- cantharid — any beetle of the family Cantharidae, having a soft elongated body; though found frequenting flowers, they are carnivorous
- cantharis — Spanish fly (sense 1)
- car thief — a person who steals automobiles
- carinthia — a state of S Austria: an independent duchy from 976 to 1276; mainly mountainous, with many lakes and resorts. Capital: Klagenfurt. Pop: 559 440 (2003 est). Area: 9533 sq km (3681 sq miles)
- carthamin — (organic compound) A red colouring matter obtained from the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius.
- cashiered — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cashierer — a person who rejects or dismisses from office
- catharise — purify
- catharize — to purify or make clean
- catharsis — Catharsis is getting rid of unhappy memories or strong emotions such as anger or sadness by expressing them in some way.
- cathartic — Something that is cathartic has the effect of catharsis.
- cathartid — (zoology) Any member of the Cathartidae.
- catherine — Saint. died 307 ad, legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded
- chagrined — If you are chagrined by something, it disappoints, upsets, or annoys you, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
- chair bed — a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.
- chair car — a railroad passenger car with pairs of adjustable seats on both sides of the aisle
- chairback — the part of a chair that supports the sitter's back
- chairdays — old age, or the point in life when resting in a chair is the most comfortable way of passing time
- chairlady — chairwoman.