9-letter words containing h, o, e, i
- birdhouse — a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
- bishopess — a bishop's wife
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- bodenheim — Maxwell, 1892–1954, U.S. poet and novelist.
- bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
- brighouse — a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop: 32 360 (2001)
- by choice — willingly, of one's free will
- cathinone — (organic compound) The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone that is the active ingredient of khat.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- chaconine — a toxic alkaloid substance found in potatoes
- chamomile — camomile
- chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- cheilosis — Inflammation of one or both of the corners of the mouth.
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- chemokine — a type of protein produced during inflammation that activates white blood cells
- chemonite — a solution consisting of copper hydroxide, arsenic trioxide, ammonia, acetic acid, and water: used as a wood preservative.
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- chi meson — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
- chin-bone — the anterior portion of the mandible, forming the prominence of the chin.
- chioppine — Alternative form of chopine.
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- chiropter — an animal of the order Chiroptera; a bat
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- choephori — a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- chokecoil — a type of electronic inductor
- cholaemia — a toxic medical condition indicated by the presence of bile in the blood
- cholaemic — of or relating to cholaemia
- cholelith — a stone formed in the gall bladder by the accumulation of bile constituents
- 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
- 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.
- chow mein — Chow mein is a Chinese-style dish that consists of fried noodles, cooked meat, and vegetables.
- 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.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).