9-letter words containing h, c, i
- hydriodic — of or derived from hydriodic acid.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hygienics — hygiene (def 1).
- hynagogic — Misspelling of hypnagogic.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hyperemic — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hypericin — an antidepressant and antiviral compound derived from Saint John's wort
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- 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.
- hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hyponymic — Of or pertaining to hyponyms.
- hypopneic — of or relating to hypopnoea
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- hypotonic — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- hyrcanian — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- i.chem.e. — Institution of Chemical Engineers
- ice chest — an insulated, boxlike container that can be filled with ice and used to cool beverages, preserve food, etc.
- ice house — a building for storing ice.
- ice sheet — a broad, thick sheet of ice covering an extensive area for a long period of time.
- ice shelf — an ice sheet projecting into coastal waters so that the end floats.
- ice yacht — a sailing craft having a cross-shaped frame with a cockpit and runners for travelling over ice
- icehouses — Plural form of icehouse.
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- ichnology — the branch of paleontology concerned with the study of fossilized tracks, trails, burrows, borings, or other trace fossils as evidence of the occurrence or behavior of the organisms that produced them.
- ichthyoid — Also, ichthyoidal. fishlike.
- iechyd da — a drinking toast; good health; cheers
- impeached — Simple past tense and past participle of impeach.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- in shtuck — in trouble
- 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.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- inclineth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incline.
- 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).
- inherence — the state or fact of inhering or being inherent.
- inherency — inherence.
- interarch — to have intersecting arches
- ischaemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.