9-letter words containing h, c, a, i, n
- hesitance — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hijacking — Present participle of hijack.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hoatching — infested; swarming
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hynagogic — Misspelling of hypnagogic.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hyrcanian — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- inarching — to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- inchanted — Simple past tense and past participle of inchant.
- indochina — a peninsula in SE Asia, between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, W Malaysia, and Burma (Myanmar).
- interarch — to have intersecting arches
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- knaidlach — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- launching — Present participle of launch.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- machinima — the process of making real-time animated films by utilizing the 3D graphics technology of computer games.
- machining — an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.
- machinist — a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- man-child — a male child; boy; son.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manichean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicheus — Manes.
- matchings — Plural form of matching.
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- mechanics — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- mechanise — to make mechanical.
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanist — a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
- mechanize — to make mechanical.
- megachain — A very large and successful chain (group of stores or businesses).
- michoacan — a state in SW Mexico. 23,196 sq. mi. (60,080 sq. km). Capital: Morelia.
- minicoach — a small bus or buslike van.
- mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- monachism — monasticism.
- monarchic — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- naumachia — a mock sea fight, given as a spectacle among the ancient Romans.
- niah cave — a limestone cave in Sarawak, Borneo, the site of the discovery of one of the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens skulls, dated c38,000 b.c.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.