9-letter words containing c, o, r, n, h
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- cholerine — (pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- chondroid — cartilaginous or similar to cartilage
- chondroma — a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- chorionic — Of or pertaining to the chorion.
- chorizont — a person who challenges the authorship of a work
- chortling — to chuckle gleefully.
- chorusing — Present participle of chorus.
- chromagen — (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein.
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- chromogen — a compound that forms coloured compounds on oxidation
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- chronicle — To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
- chrononym — (semiotics) A term for a specific period of time, such as
- churn out — To churn out something means to produce large quantities of it very quickly.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- co-anchor — one of the usually two anchors for a radio or TV newscast
- coherence — Coherence is a state or situation in which all the parts or ideas fit together well so that they form a united whole.
- coherency — the act or state of cohering; cohesion.
- coinherit — To inherit together with other or others; to be one of the inheritors.
- conchobar — (in Irish legend) a king of Ulster at about the beginning of the Christian era
- corn chip — a thin, crisp piece of snack food made from cornmeal.
- cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
- cornforth — Sir John Warcup. 1917–2014, Australian chemist, who shared the 1975 Nobel prize for chemistry with Vladimir Prelog for their work on stereochemistry
- cornhouse — a corncrib.
- cornhusks — Plural form of cornhusk.
- corniches — Plural form of corniche.
- cornichon — a type of small gherkin
- coronachs — Plural form of coronach.
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- cothurnus — the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- crumhorns — Plural form of crumhorn.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- dichondra — any of a genus of creeping perennial herbs of the Convolvulaceae family, with white, pale yellow, or green flowers
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- enchorial — Indigenous, native.
- endorheic — (of a lake or basin) Internally drained; having no outlet.
- forfochen — exhausted
- goncharov — Ivan Alexandrovich [ih-vahn al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-,, ahy-vuh n;; Russian ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ɪˈvɑn ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˈaɪ vən;; Russian iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1812–91, Russian novelist.
- grouching — Present participle of grouch.
- harmonica — Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.