9-letter words containing c, o, s, t, h
- cohostess — a woman who cohosts an event
- cold shut — A cold shut is a fault in the surface of a piece of metal caused by two streams of molten metal not joining properly when the piece is being cast.
- coltishly — In a coltish manner.
- conchitis — inflammation of the outer ear
- consumeth — Archaic third-person singular form of consume.
- coshocton — a city in E central Ohio.
- cost-push — of or relating to cost-push inflation: a proponent of the cost-push theory.
- cothurnus — the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- crapshoot — If you describe something as a crapshoot, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance.
- crash out — If someone crashes out somewhere, they fall asleep where they are because they are very tired or drunk.
- crash-hot — extremely impressive
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- crotchets — Plural form of crotchet.
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cushionet — a small cushion
- cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
- cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
- dishcloth — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- dishclout — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
- dustcloth — a soft, absorbent cloth used for dusting.
- escheator — a person appointed to deal with escheats
- escovitch — Alternative form of escoveitch.
- ghost car — an unmarked police car
- gothicism — conformity or devotion to the gothic style in the arts.
- gottsched — Johann Christoph. 1700–66, German critic, dramatist, and translator
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- hemocytes — Plural form of hemocyte.
- hircosity — the quality of being like a goat
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- hopscotch — a children's game in which a player tosses or kicks a small flat stone, beanbag, or other object into one of several numbered sections of a diagram marked on the pavement or ground and then hops on one foot over the lines from section to section and picks up the stone or object, usually while standing on one foot in an adjacent section.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- hotchkiss — Hazel, Wightman, Hazel Hotchkiss.
- 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)
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- 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.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- localhost — (computing) The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- masochist — Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one's suffering physical pain or humiliation.