9-letter words containing c, o, n, h, s
- echinoids — Plural form of echinoid.
- encheason — a reason
- eulachons — Plural form of eulachon.
- falchions — Plural form of falchion.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- hon. sec. — Honorary Secretary
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- 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.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- loch ness — a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- mischosen — to make a wrong or improper choice.
- mochiness — a fusty, dank, or humid condition
- monachism — monasticism.
- monostich — a poem or epigram consisting of a single metrical line.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- nicholson — Ben, 1894–1982, British abstract painter.
- nonschool — not relating to school
- nonspeech — absence of speech; silence, muteness
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- schnozzle — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- schoolman — a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
- sconcheon — the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall.
- scorching — burning; very hot.
- scotching — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scotchman — Sometimes Offensive. Scotsman.
- scuncheon — sconcheon.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.