9-letter words containing h, u, i, c
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hiccoughs — Plural form of hiccough.
- hiccuping — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hiccupped — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- hubristic — excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
- humective — tending to moisten
- hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- ice house — a building for storing ice.
- icehouses — Plural form of icehouse.
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- in shtuck — in trouble
- juicehead — a heavy drinker of alcoholic liquor.
- kawaguchi — a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, N of Tokyo.
- kiungchow — Qiongzhou.
- kuchipudi — a form of S Indian classical dancing
- launching — Present participle of launch.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manicheus — Manes.
- mizoguchi — Kenji (ˈkɛndʒɪ). 1898–1956, Japanese film director. His films include A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1925), Woman of Osaka (1940), and Ugetsu Monogatari (1952)
- mummichog — a silver and black killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, found in fresh, brackish, and salt water along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- munchkins — Plural form of munchkin.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- naumachia — a mock sea fight, given as a spectacle among the ancient Romans.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- ophiuchus — a large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius and containing the dark nebula, Ophiuchus Nebula
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- pinch bug — a stag beetle
- puckishly — in a puckish manner
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- putschist — a participant in a putsch.
- qiu chuji — Ch'iu Ch'u-chi.
- quenching — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quidditch — Alternative form of Quidditch.
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- richelieu — Armand Jean du Plessis [ar-mahn zhahn dy ple-see] /arˈmɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ dü plɛˈsi/ (Show IPA), Duc de, 1585–1642, French cardinal and statesman.