9-letter words containing h, e, r
- chiropter — an animal of the order Chiroptera; a bat
- chirruped — Simple past tense and past participle of chirrup.
- chirurgie — (archaic) surgery.
- chiselers — Plural form of chiseler.
- chiseller — a person who uses a chisel
- chittered — Simple past tense and past participle of chitter.
- chloracne — a disfiguring skin disease that results from contact with or ingestion or inhalation of certain chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chlorella — any microscopic unicellular green alga of the genus Chlorella: some species are used in the preparation of human food
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- choephori — a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- chokebore — a shotgun bore that becomes narrower towards the muzzle so that the shot is not scattered
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- cholerine — (pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- choppered — Simple past tense and past participle of chopper.
- chordates — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
- chordless — Lacking chords.
- chordwise — in the direction of an aerofoil chord
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- choreutic — of or belonging to a chorus.
- chorister — A chorister is a singer in a church choir.
- chorussed — Simple past tense and past participle of chorus.
- christens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of christen.
- christine — a feminine name: dim. Chris, Chrissie, Tina; var. Christina, Christy
- chromagen — (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein.
- chromakey — (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- chromogen — a compound that forms coloured compounds on oxidation
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- chronicle — To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
- chundered — Simple past tense and past participle of chunder.
- chuntered — Simple past tense and past participle of chunter.
- churchmen — Plural form of churchman.
- ciphering — calculating
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- clarthead — a slow-witted or stupid person
- clathrate — resembling a net or lattice
- clearchus — died 401? b.c.; Spartan general
- cleithral — (of Greek temples) covered with a roof
- clerihews — Plural form of clerihew.
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- clinchers — Plural form of clincher.
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- cockhorse — rocking horse
- codeshare — (aviation) Agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.