9-letter words containing c, r, o, s, h
- horoscopy — Archaic. the casting or taking of horoscopes.
- 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.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- 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.
- isochoric — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- 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.
- isohydric — having the same acidity or hydrogen-ion concentration
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- micromesh — a very fine mesh
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- ocho rios — a seaport in N Jamaica: resort.
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- orchestic — relating to dance
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orchestre — Obsolete form of orchestra.
- orchidist — an orchid grower
- orthotics — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- ostriches — Plural form of ostrich.
- 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.
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- prechoose — to choose in advance
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- promachos — a defender or champion
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- racehorse — a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- re-choose — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rochester — John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- 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.
- saccharo- — sugar
- sash cord — a cord for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- schlocker — something of poor quality; schlock
- schmoozer — to chat idly; gossip.