9-letter words containing c, r, o, t, h
- escheator — a person appointed to deal with escheats
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- flowchart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- forecloth — a cloth hung over the front of something, esp an altar
- foreteach — to teach (something) ahead of time
- forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
- forthcome — To come forth.
- ghost car — an unmarked police car
- haircloth — cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
- hardcourt — relating to a type of tennis court that is made of hard material
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- heterotic — Of or relating to heterosis (hybrid vigor).
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- hircosity — the quality of being like a goat
- holarctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- 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.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- microlith — a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, especially during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times.
- microthin — extremely or, sometimes, microscopically thin: a microthin layer of aluminum.
- monotroch — a one-wheeled means of transportation, such as a wheelbarrow
- morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
- mortcloth — a funeral cloth spread over a coffin
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- nictheroy — Niterói.
- nonrhotic — denoting or speaking a dialect of English in which preconsonantal rs are not pronounced
- northwich — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: salt and chemical industries. Pop: 39 568 (2001)
- notochord — a rodlike cord of cells that forms the chief axial supporting structure of the body of the lower chordates, as amphioxus and the cyclostomes, and of the embryos of the vertebrates.
- ochlocrat — An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; a advocate of mob rule.
- octachord — any musical instrument with eight strings.
- octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
- octothorn — Alternative form of octothorpe, the symbol #.
- octothorp — Another term for the pound sign ().
- 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
- orchotomy — orchidotomy.