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

  • dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
  • doomwatch — surveillance of the environment to warn of and prevent harm to it from human factors such as pollution or overpopulation
  • dordrecht — a city in SW Netherlands, on the Waal River.
  • dot pitch — (hardware)   The distance between a dot and the closest dot of the same colour (red, green or blue) on a color CRT. Dot pitch is typically from 0.28 to 0.51 mm but large presentation monitors may go up to 1.0 mm. The smaller the dot pitch, the crisper the image, 0.31 or less provides a sharp image, especially when displaying text. Dot pitch measurements between conventional tubes and Sony's Trinitron tubes are roughly, but not exactly comparable. Sony's CRTs use vertical stripes, not dots, and its measurement is the distance between stripes, not the diagonal distance between dots.
  • dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
  • dropcloth — A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
  • 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
  • eachother — (nonstandard) misspelling of each other Typically used in the context of
  • ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
  • ectophyte — a parasitic plant growing on an animal or another plant.
  • ectotherm — a cold-blooded animal.
  • escheator — a person appointed to deal with escheats
  • escovitch — Alternative form of escoveitch.
  • ethnocide — The deliberate and systematic destruction of the culture of an ethnic group.
  • ethnolect — A language variety specific to an ethnic group.
  • 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.
  • exophytic — (pathology) In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
  • facecloth — washcloth.
  • flowchart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
  • fob watch — a pocket watch that is attached to a waistcoat by a chain or ribbon
  • footcloth — a carpet or rug.
  • forecloth — a cloth hung over the front of something, esp an altar
  • foreteach — to teach (something) ahead of time
  • forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
  • forthcome — To come forth.
  • geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
  • ghost car — an unmarked police car
  • gnathonic — sycophantic; fawning.
  • gonotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a gonangium.
  • gothicism — conformity or devotion to the gothic style in the arts.
  • gothicize — to make gothic, as in style.
  • gottsched — Johann Christoph. 1700–66, German critic, dramatist, and translator
  • gouch out — to become drowsy or lethargic under the influence of narcotics
  • hackathon — a usually competitive event in which people work in groups on software or hardware projects, with the goal of creating a functioning product by the end of the event: At the hackathon our team produced an app that helps you monitor your sleeping habits.
  • hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
  • haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
  • haircloth — cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
  • halitotic — of or relating to halitosis
  • haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
  • hardcourt — relating to a type of tennis court that is made of hard material
  • hatch out — be hatched from an egg
  • haycation — A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.
  • headcloth — any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.
  • headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
  • headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
  • hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
  • hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
  • hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
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