9-letter words containing e, c, h, o
- cohostess — a woman who cohosts an event
- coinherit — To inherit together with other or others; to be one of the inheritors.
- cokeheads — Plural form of cokehead.
- coldhouse — an unheated greenhouse
- coliphage — a bacteriophage
- come home — (of an anchor) to fail to hold
- consumeth — Archaic third-person singular form of consume.
- cookhouse — a place for cooking, esp a camp kitchen
- coolhouse — a greenhouse in which a cool temperature is maintained
- copperish — resembling copper
- corfhouse — a shed used for curing salmon and storing nets
- cornhouse — a corncrib.
- corniches — Plural form of corniche.
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- cosphered — sharing the same sphere
- cot death — Cot death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- cothamore — a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
- couchette — A couchette is a bed on a train or a boat which is folded against the wall or used as a seat during the day.
- cow horse — cow pony.
- cow vetch — a climbing plant, Vicia cracca, of the legume family, of Eurasia and North America, having elongated clusters of violet-purple flowers.
- cowfishes — Plural form of cowfish.
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- crocheted — made with a crochet hook
- crocheter — needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the thread or yarn through intertwined loops.
- cromlechs — Plural form of cromlech.
- crossed-h — a constant used in quantum mechanics, equal to the Planck constant divided by 2π. It has a value of 1.054571596±0.000000078 × 10 −34 joule seconds
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- crotchets — Plural form of crotchet.
- crotchety — A crotchety person is bad-tempered and easily irritated.
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- 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
- cubbyhole — A cubbyhole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cushionet — a small cushion
- cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
- debouched — Simple past tense and past participle of debouche.
- debouches — to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
- decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- deck hook — hook1 (def 16).
- deck shoe — Deck shoes are flat casual shoes made of canvas or leather.
- deckhouse — a houselike cabin on the deck of a ship