9-letter words containing o, c, h, r, e
- geocacher — A person who hides or seeks objects as part of the sport of geocaching.
- gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
- grieshoch — a bed of embers, especially of a peat or moss fire.
- grouchier — Comparative form of grouchy.
- hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
- hard core — pornography: obscene
- hard-core — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hardcover — a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- heroicize — heroize.
- heterotic — Of or relating to heterosis (hybrid vigor).
- hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
- hickories — Plural form of hickory.
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- hog score — a line at each end of the rink, parallel to the foot score and usually 7 yards (6.4 meters) in advance of the tee.
- hogchoker — a sole, Trinectes maculatus, found in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and south to Panama.
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
- home care — a service provided by a local authority social services department to those whom it judges most need it
- home-care — of, relating to, or designating care, especially medical care, given or received at home: a member of the hospital's home-care staff.
- homecomer — someone who is coming home
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homocercy — the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail
- horoscope — a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- horsecars — Plural form of horsecar.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horserace — Alternative spelling of horse race.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- 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.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- micromesh — a very fine mesh
- morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.