9-letter words containing i, c, h, o, r
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- porphyric — of or relating to porphyria
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prothetic — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- radicchio — a variety of chicory originating in Italy, having a compact head of reddish, white-streaked leaves: leaves and roots may be cooked or used raw in salads.
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rhizocarp — a plant that fruits underground or whose root remains intact while the leaves die off annually
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- rhyolitic — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- rock hill — a city in N South Carolina.
- rock hind — a small, orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus adscensionis, inhabiting warm seas from North Carolina to Brazil, especially in the West Indies, and fished as food.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- scirrhoid — resembling a scirrhus.
- scirrhous — of a hard, fibrous consistency.
- scorching — burning; very hot.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- theodoric — a.d. 454?–526, king of the Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogothic monarchy in Italy: ruler of Italy 493–526.
- theoretic — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
- thermotic — of, related to or produced by heat
- threnodic — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- tocharian — a member of a central Asian people of high culture, who were assimilated with other peoples about the 11th century a.d.
- torchiere — a floor lamp for indirect lighting, having its source of light within a reflecting bowl that directs the light upward.
- tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trichosis — any disease of the hair.
- trichroic — manifesting trichroism.
- trichrome — three-coloured
- trochilic — having, using or relating to rotary motion like that of a wheel
- trochilus — scotia.
- whipcordy — resembling a whipcord
- zoophoric — supporting or having a carved animal figure