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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.
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