9-letter words containing h, o, s, i
- bombsight — a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- brighouse — a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop: 32 360 (2001)
- canonship — the position or office of canon; canonry.
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- catholics — Plural form of Catholic.
- chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- champions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion.
- charolais — a breed of large white beef cattle that originated in France
- cheilosis — Inflammation of one or both of the corners of the mouth.
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- 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.
- chilidogs — Plural form of chilidog.
- chilopods — Plural form of chilopod.
- chip shop — A chip shop is a shop which sells hot food such as fish and chips, fried chicken, sausages, and meat pies. The food is cooked in the shop and people take it away to eat at home or in the street.
- chip shot — a short approach shot to the green, esp one that is lofted
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- chisimaio — a port in S Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. Pop: reliable recent estimates are not available
- chitinous — a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- chlorosis — a disorder, formerly common in adolescent girls, characterized by pale greenish-yellow skin, weakness, and palpitation and caused by insufficient iron in the body
- choirboys — Plural form of choirboy.
- chopstick — Chopsticks are a pair of thin sticks which people in China and the Far East use to eat their food.
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- chordwise — in the direction of an aerofoil chord
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- chorister — A chorister is a singer in a church choir.
- chorusing — Present participle of chorus.
- christoff — Boris. 1919–93, Bulgarian bass-baritone, noted esp for his performance in the title role of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
- cinchonas — Plural form of cinchona.
- cirrhosis — Cirrhosis or cirrhosis of the liver is a disease which destroys a person's liver and which can kill them. It is often caused by drinking too much alcohol.
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- codfishes — Plural form of codfish.
- coheiress — a female coheir
- cohesible — capable of cohesion
- cohousing — a type of housing with some shared facilities
- cold fish — If you say that someone is a cold fish, you think that they are unfriendly and unemotional.
- coltishly — In a coltish manner.
- conchfish — a cardinalfish, Astropogon stellatus, of the Atlantic Ocean.
- conchitis — inflammation of the outer ear
- coolibahs — Plural form of coolibah.
- copperish — resembling copper
- corniches — Plural form of corniche.
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- couchings — the act of a person or thing that couches.
- countship — the rank or position of a count.