9-letter words containing c, h, y, a
- handcarry — to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- hatchways — Plural form of hatchway.
- hay shock — a haycock.
- haycation — A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.
- haystacks — Plural form of haystack.
- helically — pertaining to or having the form of a helix; spiral.
- heptarchy — (often initial capital letter) the seven principal concurrent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms supposed to have existed in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesychast — one of a sect of mystics that originated in the 14th century among the monks on Mt. Athos, Greece.
- hierarchy — any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hynagogic — Misspelling of hypnagogic.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hypercard — A software package by Bill Atkinson for storage and retrieval of information on the Macintosh. It can handle images and is designed for browsing. The powerful customisable interactive user interface allows new applications to be easily constructed by manipulating objects on the screen, often without conventional programming, though the language HyperTalk can be used for more complex tasks.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- 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.
- hypocracy — Misspelling of hypocrisy.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hyrcanian — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- ice yacht — a sailing craft having a cross-shaped frame with a cockpit and runners for travelling over ice
- iechyd da — a drinking toast; good health; cheers
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- kyriarchy — A system of
- lachrymal — of or relating to tears.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lynch law — the administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- march fly — any of several flies of the family Bibionidae that appear during spring and early summer.
- match day — the day on which a sports match, esp a football match, takes place
- matchplay — Alternative form of match play.
- miryachit — A disorder found in Siberia, characterized by a jumping motion.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- monomachy — (now rare) A fight or other contest between two people or forces; a duel; single combat. (from 16th c.).
- mycophagy — the eating of mushrooms
- myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
- namaycush — a lake trout.
- ochlagogy — (rare) Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue.