9-letter words containing i, n, c, h, t
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- hatchings — Plural form of hatching.
- hatchling — a young bird, reptile, or fish recently emerged from an egg.
- haycation — A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hematinic — a medicine, as a compound of iron, that tends to increase the amount of hematin or hemoglobin in the blood.
- herceptin — a monoclonal antibody that inhibits the protein that can fuel tumour growth, used in the treatment of breast cancer
- hercynite — a black oxide mineral, FeAl 2 O 4 , of the spinel group.
- heritance — inheritance.
- hesitance — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hick town — an insulting way of referring to a small town in the countryside that is not deemed to be very sophisticated
- hitchings — George Herbert, 1905–98, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1988.
- hoatching — infested; swarming
- homotonic — of the same tone
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- hypotonic — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- in shtuck — in trouble
- inchanted — Simple past tense and past participle of inchant.
- inclineth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incline.
- interarch — to have intersecting arches
- itchiness — having or causing an itching sensation.
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- kvetching — Present participle of kvetch.
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- loincloth — a piece of cloth worn around the loins or hips, especially in tropical regions as the only item of clothing.
- 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.
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- machinist — a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- matchings — Plural form of matching.
- mechanist — a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
- microthin — extremely or, sometimes, microscopically thin: a microthin layer of aluminum.
- monopitch — having only one slope or a slope with a regular gradient
- monostich — a poem or epigram consisting of a single metrical line.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- neogothic — of, relating to, or designating chiefly a style of architecture in which gothic motifs and forms are imitated.
- neolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephritic — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- nictheroy — Niterói.
- nietzsche — Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1844–1900, German philosopher.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- 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.
- nonethnic — not of or associated with any particular ethnic background or group: some of the best nonethnic cooking in town.
- nonrhotic — denoting or speaking a dialect of English in which preconsonantal rs are not pronounced
- northwich — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: salt and chemical industries. Pop: 39 568 (2001)