9-letter words containing e, c, h, o, n
- hecogenin — a steroid occurring naturally in plants and used in drugs including cortisone
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hegemonic — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- heliconia — any of a genus of tropical flowering plants with long flowering panicles
- hemogenic — Of, or relating to the production of blood cells.
- holoclone — (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a higher growth potential than a meroclone because it does not contain differentiated cells.
- holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
- homogenic — having only one alternative form, or one allele, of a gene or genes: The plagues attacked relatively homogenic populations.
- hon. sec. — Honorary Secretary
- honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
- honeycomb — a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
- hot fence — an electric fence surrounding a farm
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypopneic — of or relating to hypopnoea
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- 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.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- loch ness — a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- mischosen — to make a wrong or improper choice.
- mochiness — a fusty, dank, or humid condition
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- neogothic — of, relating to, or designating chiefly a style of architecture in which gothic motifs and forms are imitated.
- neolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- nictheroy — Niterói.
- nonethnic — not of or associated with any particular ethnic background or group: some of the best nonethnic cooking in town.
- nonheroic — Not heroic.
- nonspeech — absence of speech; silence, muteness
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- oenanthic — having a smell that is similar to wine
- offenbach — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1819–80, French composer.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- percheron — one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.
- phenocopy — the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.