9-letter words containing h, c, i
- ischaemic — (UK, pathology, cardiology) alternative spelling of ischemic.
- ischiadic — (obsolete) ischiatic.
- ischiatic — Of or pertaining to the ischium.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- isocheims — Plural form of isocheim.
- isochoric — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- isohydric — having the same acidity or hydrogen-ion concentration
- itch mite — a parasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing itch or scabies in humans and a form of mange in animals.
- itchiness — having or causing an itching sensation.
- jack shit — anything at all; the least thing (usually used in the negative): He doesn't know jack shit.
- jacklight — a portable cresset, oil-burning lantern, or electric light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night.
- jacksmith — a smith who makes devices that enable the turning of meat while being roasted
- jock itch — a fungal infection of the skin in the groin area, occurring most commonly in males, especially in warm climates, characterized by itchy and often scaly lesions; tinea cruris.
- jockeyish — resembling a jockey
- juicehead — a heavy drinker of alcoholic liquor.
- kachcheri — The government department that administrates a district in Sri Lanka.
- kadaitcha — Alternative form of kurdaitcha.
- kawaguchi — a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, N of Tokyo.
- kerchiefs — Plural form of kerchief.
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- kickshaws — Plural form of kickshaw.
- kickwheel — a potter's wheel rotated by kicking.
- kirchhoff — Gustav Robert [goo s-tahf roh-bert] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1824–87, German physicist.
- kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- kitschify — to make something kitsch
- kiungchow — Qiongzhou.
- 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.
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- kuchipudi — a form of S Indian classical dancing
- kvetching — Present participle of kvetch.
- kyriarchy — A system of
- la chaise — Père François d'Aix de [frahn-swa de duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa dɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1624–1709, French Roman Catholic priest: confessor to Louis XIV.
- laccolith — a mass of igneous rock formed from magma that did not find its way to the surface but spread laterally into a lenticular body, forcing overlying strata to bulge upward.
- lap child — a child who has not yet begun or has just begun to walk.
- launching — Present participle of launch.
- lcm chair — Eames chair (def 1).
- lechering — a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- leechlike — Resembling a leech or some aspect of one; clinging, parasitic.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lichfield — a town in SE Staffordshire, in central England, N of Birmingham: birthplace of Samuel Johnson.
- lickerish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- linchpins — Plural form of linchpin.