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9-letter words containing i, h, r

  • cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
  • cherished — clung to, esp when fulfilment is unlikely
  • cherisher — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
  • cherishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cherish.
  • chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
  • cherubini — (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.
  • cheruping — Present participle of cherup.
  • chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
  • chiarezza — clarity
  • chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
  • chickaree — another name for American red squirrel
  • childcare — Childcare refers to looking after children, and to the facilities which help parents to do so.
  • childfree — having no children; childless, especially by choice.
  • childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
  • chiliarch — (in ancient Greece and Rome) the leader or commanding officer of a thousand soldiers
  • chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
  • chimaeric — (of a molecule) having two genetically different components
  • chimerism — a medical condition in which a person develops from two distinct embryos that could possess two genetically distinct sets of cells
  • chin rest — a device fixed to the top of a violin or viola to provide a firm rest for the player's chin.
  • chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
  • chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
  • chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
  • chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
  • chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
  • chippered — to chirp or twitter.
  • chipproof — resistant to chipping.
  • chiragric — a person who suffers from chiagra
  • chirality — the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound
  • chirimoya — cherimoya.
  • chirology — Palm reading.
  • chironomy — the craft or artistry of moving the hands by following a standard or formula in relation to theatrical, oratory, or musical performance
  • chiropody — Chiropody is the professional treatment and care of people's feet.
  • chiropter — an animal of the order Chiroptera; a bat
  • chirpsing — Present participle of chirpse.
  • chirruped — Simple past tense and past participle of chirrup.
  • chirurgie — (archaic) surgery.
  • chiselers — Plural form of chiseler.
  • chiseller — a person who uses a chisel
  • chittered — Simple past tense and past participle of chitter.
  • chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
  • chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
  • chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
  • chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
  • chloritic — a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum, ferrous iron, and magnesium, occurring in green platelike crystals or scales.
  • 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
  • chlorotic — an abnormally yellow color of plant tissues, resulting from partial failure to develop chlorophyll, caused by a nutrient deficiency or the activities of a pathogen.
  • choephori — a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • choir-boy — a boy who sings in a choir, especially a church choir.
  • choirboys — Plural form of choirboy.
  • choirgirl — a girl who sings in a church choir
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