9-letter words containing n, i, h, c
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- niah cave — a limestone cave in Sarawak, Borneo, the site of the discovery of one of the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens skulls, dated c38,000 b.c.
- nicholson — Ben, 1894–1982, British abstract painter.
- 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.
- nipcheese — a ship's purser
- nonethnic — not of or associated with any particular ethnic background or group: some of the best nonethnic cooking in town.
- nonheroic — Not heroic.
- 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)
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- nymphetic — relating to a nymphet
- oenanthic — having a smell that is similar to wine
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- phaeacian — an island nation on the shores of which Odysseus was shipwrecked and discovered by Nausicaä.
- pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- phenacite — a rare vitreous mineral, beryllium silicate, Be 2 SiO 4 , occurring in crystals, sometimes used as a gem.
- phenetics — classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- 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.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- 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.
- phrenetic — frenetic.
- physician — a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- pickthank — a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- pinch bug — a stag beetle
- pinch-hit — Baseball. to serve as a pinch hitter.
- pinchback — Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
- pinchbeck — an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
- pinchcock — a clamp for compressing a flexible pipe, as a rubber tube, in order to regulate or stop the flow of a fluid.
- pinchfist — a miser
- pinocchio — the hero of Carlo Collodi's children's story, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), a wooden puppet who comes to life as a boy and whose nose grows longer whenever he tells a lie.
- pinwrench — wrench with a projection to fit a hole
- pitchbend — an electronic device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note being sounded on a synthesizer, usually with a pitch wheel, strip, or lever
- preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- quenching — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- rachidian — (anatomy, zoology) Of or relating to the rachis; spinal; vertebral.
- raincheck — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- rancheria — a family household unit or settlement.
- rancherie — an Indian village or settlement, especially one located on a reserve.
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- red china — China, People's Republic of.