9-letter words containing n, o, h
- cothurnus — the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy
- couchings — the act of a person or thing that couches.
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- cowhiding — Present participle of cowhide.
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- crumhorns — Plural form of crumhorn.
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cushionet — a small cushion
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- d-horizon — a stratum, as of rock, sometimes underlying the C-horizon
- dankworth — Sir John (Philip William). 1927–2010, British jazz composer, bandleader, and saxophonist: married to Cleo Laine
- danthonia — any of various grasses of the genus Danthonia, of N temperate regions and South America
- dear john — a letter from a woman informing her boyfriend or fiancé that she is ending their relationship or informing her husband that she wants a divorce: Nothing is worse for a soldier's morale than getting a Dear John.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- deerhound — a very large rough-coated breed of dog of the greyhound type
- dehorning — Present participle of dehorn.
- demijohns — Plural form of demijohn.
- dene hole — a hole or shaft excavated in the chalk of southern England or northern France, of uncertain origin and purpose
- dethroned — Simple past tense and past participle of dethrone.
- dethroner — One who dethrones.
- dethrones — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dethrone.
- dhrystone — (benchmark) A short synthetic benchmark program by Reinhold Weicker <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, intended to be representative of system (integer) programming. It is available in ADA, Pascal and C. The current version is Dhrystone 2.1. The author says, "Relying on MIPS V1.1 (the result of V1.1) numbers can be hazardous to your professional health." Due to its small size, the memory system outside the cache is not tested. Compilers can too easily optimise for Dhrystone. String operations are somewhat over-represented.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- diaphonic — Of or pertaining to diaphony.
- dichondra — any of a genus of creeping perennial herbs of the Convolvulaceae family, with white, pale yellow, or green flowers
- dinothere — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- diphthong — Phonetics. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
- dirhinous — having paired nostrils.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- dishonors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishonor.
- dishonour — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- disthrone — (obsolete, transitive) To dethrone; to remove from the throne.
- dithionic — of or derived from dithionic acid.
- dockhands — Plural form of dockhand.
- doghanged — hangdog.
- dolphinet — a female dolphin
- donnishly — In a donnish manner.
- donorship — a person who gives or donates.
- doughnuts — Plural form of doughnut.
- doujinshi — (anime, manga, video games) A fan-produced work, especially a manga, anime, or video game.
- dovzhenko — Alexander P [uh-lyi-ksahndr] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr/ (Show IPA), 1894–1956, Russian motion-picture director.
- down home — of, relating to, or exhibiting the simple, familiar, or folksy qualities associated with one's family or with rural areas, especially of the southern U.S.: down-home cooking; down-home hospitality.
- down with — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.