9-letter words containing h, a, s, o, c
- gauchesco — of or relating to gauchos
- ghost car — an unmarked police car
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- hay shock — a haycock.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- 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.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- horsecars — Plural form of horsecar.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horserace — Alternative spelling of horse race.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- kokoschka — Oskar [aws-kahr] /ˈɔs kɑr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1980, Austrian painter and dramatist.
- localhost — (computing) The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- mascouche — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- masochism — Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- masochist — Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one's suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- mishpocha — an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan.
- monachism — monasticism.
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- octastich — a stanza or piece of poetic writing that contains eight lines
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- 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.
- 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.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- promachos — a defender or champion
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- psychogas — a gas with a mind-altering effect
- racehorse — a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.