9-letter words containing c, h, y, t
- erythemic — having the characteristics of erythema
- ethically — In an ethical manner.
- ethnicity — The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.
- ethylenic — (organic chemistry) Containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative.
- eurythmic — (music) harmonious.
- exophytic — (pathology) In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
- eye chart — a chart used to test vision from a specified distance: it consists typically of rows of letters of decreasing size
- eye patch — covering for one eye
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- habitancy — the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
- haecceity — That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as “ this (one). ”.
- haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
- hatchways — Plural form of hatchway.
- haycation — A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.
- haystacks — Plural form of haystack.
- hemocytes — Plural form of hemocyte.
- hemolytic — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- heptarchy — (often initial capital letter) the seven principal concurrent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms supposed to have existed in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- hercynite — a black oxide mineral, FeAl 2 O 4 , of the spinel group.
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- 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.
- hircosity — the quality of being like a goat
- holotypic — Relating to a holotype.
- holy city — a city regarded as particularly sacred by the adherents of a religious faith, as Jerusalem by Jews and Christians, Mecca and Medina by Muslims, and Varanasi by Hindus.
- homolytic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis.
- homotypic — of or relating to a homotype.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hybristic — hubris.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- 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.
- hypocotyl — the part of a plant embryo directly below the cotyledons, forming a connection with the radicle.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hypotonic — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- ice yacht — a sailing craft having a cross-shaped frame with a cockpit and runners for travelling over ice
- ichthyoid — Also, ichthyoidal. fishlike.
- kitschify — to make something kitsch
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- 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.
- match day — the day on which a sports match, esp a football match, takes place
- matchplay — Alternative form of match play.