9-letter words containing h, c, p, r
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- coopworth — a New Zealand and Australian breed of sheep derived from the Romney Marsh
- copperish — resembling copper
- coprolith — a hard stony mass of dried faeces in the intestine that is caused by chronic constipation
- 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.
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- cosphered — sharing the same sphere
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- crampfish — a ray of the order Torpediniformes with electric organs on either side of its head
- crapshoot — If you describe something as a crapshoot, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance.
- crash pad — a place to live or sleep temporarily
- 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.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
- deciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher.
- digraphic — Of or pertaining to a digraph.
- dimorphic — having two forms.
- drop arch — a pointed arch having radii of length less than the span.
- dropcloth — A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
- dysphoric — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- echograph — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
- ecosphere — Also called physiological atmosphere. the part of the atmosphere in which it is possible to breathe normally without aid: the portion of the troposphere from sea level to an altitude of about 13,000 feet (4000 meters).
- ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
- enciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encipher.
- eparchial — Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- ephemeric — Ephemeral.
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- exophoric — Relating to, or exhibiting, exophora.
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- graphitic — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- hair clip — clasp for securing hairstyle
- hairpiece — a toupee.
- hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- heptarchs — Plural form of heptarch.
- heptarchy — (often initial capital letter) the seven principal concurrent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms supposed to have existed in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- hepteract — (mathematics) A seven-dimensional hypercube.
- herceptin — a monoclonal antibody that inhibits the protein that can fuel tumour growth, used in the treatment of breast cancer
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- horoscope — a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.