9-letter words containing c, i, n, h
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rock hind — a small, orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus adscensionis, inhabiting warm seas from North Carolina to Brazil, especially in the West Indies, and fished as food.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- saccharin — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 7 H 5 NO 3 S, produced synthetically, which in dilute solution is 500 times as sweet as sugar: its soluble sodium salt is used as a noncaloric sugar substitute in the manufacture of syrups, foods, and beverages.
- schaudinn — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1871–1906, German zoologist.
- schelling — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von [free-drikh vil-helm yoh-zef fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/ (Show IPA), 1775–1854, German philosopher.
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- schilling — a copper and aluminum coin and monetary unit of Austria until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 groschen. Abbreviation: S., Sch.
- schleiden — Matthias Jakob [mah-tee-ahs yah-kawp] /mɑˈti ɑs ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1804–81, German botanist.
- schlesien — German name of Silesia.
- schlieren — Petrography. streaks or irregularly shaped masses in an igneous rock that differ in texture or composition from the main mass.
- schmeling — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1905–2005, German boxer: world heavyweight champion 1930–32.
- schneider — to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a point in a game or match.
- schnittke — Alfred, 1934–1998, Russian composer.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- schreiner — Olive ("Ralph Iron") c1862–1920, English author and feminist.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- scorching — burning; very hot.
- scotching — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scrunchie — an elastic band covered with gathered fabric, used to fasten the hair, as in a ponytail.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- selachian — belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
- sennachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- shanachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- shechinah — Shekhinah.
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- sketch in — If you sketch in details about something, you tell them to people.
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- smooching — smutch.
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- stanchion — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stitching — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- strychnic — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- switch on — the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
- switch-on — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switching — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- symphonic — Music. of, for, pertaining to, or having the character of a symphony or symphony orchestra.
- synanthic — relating to synanthy
- synchysis — an arrangement of words with muddled meaning
- synechism — a doctrine of philosophical thinking stressing the importance of the idea of continuity: named and advocated by C. S. Peirce.
- synthetic — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- ta ch'ing — Ch'ing.
- tachyonic — characteristic of a tachyon