9-letter words containing h, c, i
- 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
- high tech — high technology.
- high-carb — having a high carbohydrate content
- high-tech — high technology.
- highchair — a tall chair having arms and very long legs and usually a removable tray for food, for use by a very young child during meals.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hijacking — Present participle of hijack.
- hillcrest — The crest of a hill.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- hircosity — the quality of being like a goat
- hitchcock — Sir Alfred (Joseph) 1899–1980, U.S. film and television director and producer, born in England.
- hitchhike — to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.
- hitchings — George Herbert, 1905–98, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1988.
- hoatching — infested; swarming
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- holarctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
- holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
- hologynic — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in females (opposed to holandric).
- holotypic — Relating to a holotype.
- holy city — a city regarded as particularly sacred by the adherents of a religious faith, as Jerusalem by Jews and Christians, Mecca and Medina by Muslims, and Varanasi by Hindus.
- homeslice — Alternative spelling of home slice (Someone from one's home town.).
- homicidal — of or relating to homicide.
- homicides — Plural form of homicide.
- homiletic — of or relating to preaching or to homilies.
- homogamic — (of a plant) in which all the flowers of an inflorescence are either of the same sex or hermaphrodite
- homogenic — having only one alternative form, or one allele, of a gene or genes: The plagues attacked relatively homogenic populations.
- homologic — Homological.
- homolytic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis.
- homonymic — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- homotonic — of the same tone
- homotopic — (topology, of two maps) Such that there is an interval of maps joining one to the other.
- homotypic — of or relating to a homotype.
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honorific — Also, honorifical. doing or conferring honor.
- hoochinoo — a type of distilled liquor made by Alaskan Indians.
- horologic — of or relating to horology.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- hotchkiss — Hazel, Wightman, Hazel Hotchkiss.
- hubristic — excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
- humective — tending to moisten
- 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.
- hybristic — hubris.
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.