9-letter words containing c, o, r, e
- homecomer — someone who is coming home
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homocercy — the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail
- horoscope — a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- horsecars — Plural form of horsecar.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horserace — Alternative spelling of horse race.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- 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.
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- ice front — the forward section or seaward edge of an ice shelf.
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- iceboater — a person who races iceboats, especially as a hobby or in competition.
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- in clover — any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- in escrow — a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
- incensory — Thurible, censer.
- inclosers — Plural form of incloser.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- incorrect — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- incoterms — Plural form of incoterm.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- incretion — a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- incrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of incross.
- incrosses — Plural form of incross.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- infectors — Plural form of infector.
- injectors — Plural form of injector.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- intercome — (intransitive) To intervene; interpose; interfere.
- intercoms — Plural form of intercom.
- intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- introject — (psychology) To unconsciously incorporate into one's psyche.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- iridocyte — a guanine-containing cell in the skin of fish and some cephalopods, giving these animals their iridescence
- 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.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isosteric — Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- jack rope — a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.
- jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.