9-letter words containing c, o, h, u, s
- dishclout — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- duckshove — to evade (responsibility or an issue)
- dustcloth — a soft, absorbent cloth used for dusting.
- echovirus — any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
- eulachons — Plural form of eulachon.
- forasmuch — Inasmuch, seeing (that).
- gauchesco — of or relating to gauchos
- hiccoughs — Plural form of hiccough.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- 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.
- ice house — a building for storing ice.
- icehouses — Plural form of icehouse.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- mascouche — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- ophiuchus — a large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius and containing the dark nebula, Ophiuchus Nebula
- outscheme — to outdo in scheming
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- scirrhous — of a hard, fibrous consistency.
- scouthery — scorching
- scouthood — (sometimes initial capital letter) the state of being a scout, especially a Boy Scout or a Girl Scout.
- scuncheon — sconcheon.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- short cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short-cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- sous chef — the second in command in a kitchen; the person ranking next after the head chef.
- sous-chef — the second in command in a kitchen; the person ranking next after the head chef.
- southcott — Joanna. 1750–1814, British religious fanatic, who claimed that she would give birth to the second Messiah
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- succotash — a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- theaceous — belonging to the Theaceae, the tea family of plants.