9-letter words containing h, c, i
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- coheiress — a female coheir
- coheritor — a coheir
- cohesible — capable of cohesion
- cohousing — a type of housing with some shared facilities
- coinhabit — To inhabit together.
- coinherit — To inherit together with other or others; to be one of the inheritors.
- colchicum — any Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumn crocus
- cold fish — If you say that someone is a cold fish, you think that they are unfriendly and unemotional.
- coliphage — a bacteriophage
- coltishly — In a coltish manner.
- conchfish — a cardinalfish, Astropogon stellatus, of the Atlantic Ocean.
- conchitis — inflammation of the outer ear
- coolibahs — Plural form of coolibah.
- copperish — resembling copper
- coprolith — a hard stony mass of dried faeces in the intestine that is caused by chronic constipation
- copyfight — the conflict between copyright holders and other individuals over the use, distribution, and replication of copyright materials
- copyright — If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission.
- corn chip — a thin, crisp piece of snack food made from cornmeal.
- corniches — Plural form of corniche.
- cornichon — a type of small gherkin
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- couchings — the act of a person or thing that couches.
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- cowfishes — Plural form of cowfish.
- cowhiding — Present participle of cowhide.
- crampfish — a ray of the order Torpediniformes with electric organs on either side of its head
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- crossfish — a starfish
- crosshair — either of the two fine mutually perpendicular lines or wires that cross in the focal plane of a theodolite, gunsight, or other optical instrument and are used to define the line of sight
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- crunching — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- 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
- cuchulain — a legendary hero of Ulster
- cultishly — In a cultish manner.
- currishly — In a currish manner; like a cur or knave.
- cushiness — the quality or condition of being cushy
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cushionet — a small cushion
- cyclolith — a stone circle
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
- dabchicks — Plural form of dabchick.
- decastich — a poem that consists of ten lines
- deciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher.
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.