9-letter words containing d, c, h
- hard-case — rough and hard-bitten: hard-case juvenile delinquents.
- hard-core — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hard-rock — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
- hardbacks — Plural form of hardback.
- hardcourt — relating to a type of tennis court that is made of hard material
- hardcover — a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.
- hardhacks — Plural form of hardhack.
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- hat dance — a Mexican folk dance in which the man places his sombrero on the ground as an offer of love and the woman dances on the hat's brim and then places the hat on her head to indicate her acceptance of him.
- hatcheled — Simple past tense and past participle of hatchel.
- head chef — professional cook who runs a kitchen
- head cold — a form of the common cold characterized especially by nasal congestion and sneezing.
- head lice — lice which lay eggs in human hair
- headaches — Plural form of headache.
- headcanon — (fandom slang) Elements and interpretations of a fictional universe accepted by an individual fan, but not found within or supported by the official canon.
- headcases — Plural form of headcase.
- headchair — a chair with a support for the head
- headcloth — any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- headpiece — a piece of armor for the head; helmet.
- headraces — Plural form of headrace.
- headreach — the distance made to windward while tacking
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- headspace — empty space left above the contents of a closed jar, can, or other container.
- headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
- 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.
- heathclad — Clad or crowned with heath.
- helicoids — Plural form of helicoid.
- helidecks — Plural form of helideck.
- hendricks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henpecked — browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.: a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
- herbicide — a substance or preparation for killing plants, especially weeds.
- hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
- hiccupped — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hodoscope — any device for tracing the path of a charged particle, esp a particle found in cosmic rays
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- homicidal — of or relating to homicide.
- homicides — Plural form of homicide.
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
- hydriodic — of or derived from hydriodic acid.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.