9-letter words containing o, d, a, h
- catchword — A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- chaetopod — any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or Polychaeta
- chalcedon — ancient Greek city on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium: site of the 4th ecumenical council, a.d. 451
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chokedamp — blackdamp
- chondroma — a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
- chordates — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- chromidia — chromatins in cell cytoplasm
- closehead — the entrance to a tenement close
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- co durham — County Durham
- coach dog — Dalmatian
- coachload — A coachload of people is a group of people who are travelling somewhere together in a coach.
- coachwood — an Australian tree, Ceratopetalum apetalum, yielding light aromatic wood used for furniture, turnery, etc
- codeshare — (aviation) Agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobated — to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
- cokeheads — Plural form of cokehead.
- cold cash — money paid in full at the time of a business transaction
- cot death — Cot death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- dado head — a rotary cutter composed of several sawlike blades side by side, for cutting dadoes in wood.
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- 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
- darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
- day coach — an ordinary railroad passenger car, as distinguished from a sleeping car, parlor car, or other deluxe accommodations.
- deadhouse — a mortuary
- 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.
- death row — If someone is on death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
- 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.
- diarrhoea — If someone has diarrhoea, a lot of liquid faeces comes out of their body because they are ill.
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- dichondra — any of a genus of creeping perennial herbs of the Convolvulaceae family, with white, pale yellow, or green flowers