9-letter words containing e, t, h, r, c
- heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- heritance — inheritance.
- hermetics — alchemy
- 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).
- heuretics — the use of logic
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hieratica — a type of papyrus noted for its high quality and used by the ancient Egyptians in sacred books
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- hillcrest — The crest of a hill.
- 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.
- hucksters — Plural form of huckster.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- 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.
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- interarch — to have intersecting arches
- kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- machmeter — a device that indicates airspeed relative to the speed of sound.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- nephritic — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- nictheroy — Niterói.
- octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
- 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.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- ostriches — Plural form of ostrich.
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- overcatch — to overtake
- overmatch — to be more than a match for; surpass; defeat: an assignment that clearly overmatched his abilities; an able task force that overmatched the enemy fleet.
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- overteach — to teach too much
- overthick — too thick
- overwatch — to watch over.
- parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
- parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- perthitic — relating to, consisting of, or having a similarity to perthite