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9-letter words containing i, s, c, h, o

  • isobathic — having the same depth.
  • isocheims — Plural form of isocheim.
  • isochoric — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
  • isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
  • isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
  • isohydric — having the same acidity or hydrogen-ion concentration
  • jockeyish — resembling a jockey
  • lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
  • lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
  • locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
  • macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
  • masochism — Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering physical pain or humiliation.
  • masochist — Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one's suffering physical pain or humiliation.
  • michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
  • micromesh — a very fine mesh
  • mischoice — a bad or wrong choice
  • mischoose — to make a wrong or improper choice.
  • mischosen — to make a wrong or improper choice.
  • mishpocha — an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan.
  • mochiness — a fusty, dank, or humid condition
  • molochise — sacrifice to deity
  • monachism — monasticism.
  • monostich — a poem or epigram consisting of a single metrical line.
  • murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
  • mustachio — a mustache.
  • nicholson — Ben, 1894–1982, British abstract painter.
  • ocho rios — a seaport in N Jamaica: resort.
  • octastich — a stanza or piece of poetic writing that contains eight lines
  • oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
  • ophiuchus — a large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius and containing the dark nebula, Ophiuchus Nebula
  • orchestic — relating to dance
  • orchidist — an orchid grower
  • orthotics — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
  • ostriches — Plural form of ostrich.
  • pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
  • pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
  • phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
  • phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
  • phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
  • photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
  • pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
  • prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
  • psychosis — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
  • psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
  • rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
  • rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
  • sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
  • schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
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