9-letter words containing h, c, i
- nephritic — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- 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.
- nicholson — Ben, 1894–1982, British abstract painter.
- nictheroy — Niterói.
- nietzsche — Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1844–1900, German philosopher.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nipcheese — a ship's purser
- nonethnic — not of or associated with any particular ethnic background or group: some of the best nonethnic cooking in town.
- nonheroic — Not heroic.
- nonrhotic — denoting or speaking a dialect of English in which preconsonantal rs are not pronounced
- northwich — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: salt and chemical industries. Pop: 39 568 (2001)
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- nymphetic — relating to a nymphet
- ocho rios — a seaport in N Jamaica: resort.
- octastich — a stanza or piece of poetic writing that contains eight lines
- oenanthic — having a smell that is similar to wine
- of choice — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- ohmically — By means of ohmic heating, the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor releases heat.
- oil patch — an area in which oil is produced.
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- ophiuchus — a large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius and containing the dark nebula, Ophiuchus Nebula
- opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
- orchestic — relating to dance
- orchidist — an orchid grower
- orichalch — Alternative form of orichalcum.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- orthoptic — pertaining to or producing normal binocular vision.
- orthotics — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- ostriches — Plural form of ostrich.
- otolithic — Of or partaining to an otolith.
- overchill — to make too cold
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- overthick — too thick
- oxyphilic — acidophilic.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
- parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- paschal i — died a.d. 824, pope 817–824.
- patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- patriarch — the male head of a family or tribal line.
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- perthitic — relating to, consisting of, or having a similarity to perthite
- petechiae — a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.