9-letter words containing e, c, t, o, h
- ethnolect — A language variety specific to an ethnic group.
- 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.
- exophytic — (pathology) In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
- facecloth — washcloth.
- 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.
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- gonotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a gonangium.
- gothicize — to make gothic, as in style.
- gottsched — Johann Christoph. 1700–66, German critic, dramatist, and translator
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
- 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.
- 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.
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- 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
- hemocytes — Plural form of hemocyte.
- hemolytic — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- hemotoxic — a toxin, as cobra venom, that causes a hemolytic reaction.
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- 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
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homiletic — of or relating to preaching or to homilies.
- 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.
- hot fence — an electric fence surrounding a farm
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- 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.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- mouchette — a daggerlike form, especially in tracery, created by a segmental and an ogee curve so that it is pointed at one end and circular at the other.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
- neogothic — of, relating to, or designating chiefly a style of architecture in which gothic motifs and forms are imitated.