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9-letter words containing h, o, g, c

  • crouching — to stoop or bend low.
  • cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
  • cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
  • cytophagy — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
  • dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
  • dog-cheap — very inexpensive.
  • douchebag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
  • doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
  • echogenic — capable of generating or reflecting sound waves.
  • echograph — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
  • echoingly — In an echoing way.
  • euchology — a euchologion
  • frogmarch — to force (a person) to march with the arms pinioned firmly behind the back.
  • gauchesco — of or relating to gauchos
  • geocacher — A person who hides or seeks objects as part of the sport of geocaching.
  • geophilic — soil-loving
  • geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
  • ghost car — an unmarked police car
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  • glochidia — glochid.
  • gnathonic — sycophantic; fawning.
  • goldfinch — a European finch, Carduelis carduelis, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow.
  • goncharov — Ivan Alexandrovich [ih-vahn al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-,, ahy-vuh n;; Russian ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ɪˈvɑn ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˈaɪ vən;; Russian iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1812–91, Russian novelist.
  • gonotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a gonangium.
  • gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
  • gorchakov — Prince Aleksander Mikhailovich [al-ig-zan-der mi-hahy-luh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər mɪˈhaɪ lə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1883, Russian diplomat and statesman.
  • gothicism — conformity or devotion to the gothic style in the arts.
  • gothicize — to make gothic, as in style.
  • gottsched — Johann Christoph. 1700–66, German critic, dramatist, and translator
  • gouch out — to become drowsy or lethargic under the influence of narcotics
  • grieshoch — a bed of embers, especially of a peat or moss fire.
  • grouchier — Comparative form of grouchy.
  • grouchily — In a grouchy manner.
  • grouching — Present participle of grouch.
  • guilloche — an ornamental pattern or border, as in architecture, consisting of paired ribbons or lines flowing in interlaced curves around a series of circular voids.
  • hecogenin — a steroid occurring naturally in plants and used in drugs including cortisone
  • hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
  • hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
  • hegemonic — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
  • hemogenic — Of, or relating to the production of blood cells.
  • hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
  • hiccoughs — Plural form of hiccough.
  • hoatching — infested; swarming
  • hog score — a line at each end of the rink, parallel to the foot score and usually 7 yards (6.4 meters) in advance of the tee.
  • hogchoker — a sole, Trinectes maculatus, found in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and south to Panama.
  • hologynic — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in females (opposed to holandric).
  • homogamic — (of a plant) in which all the flowers of an inflorescence are either of the same sex or hermaphrodite
  • homogenic — having only one alternative form, or one allele, of a gene or genes: The plagues attacked relatively homogenic populations.
  • homologic — Homological.
  • hopatcong — a town in N New Jersey.
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