9-letter words containing o, r, c, h
- rood arch — an archway at the center of a rood screen.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- rough-cut — cut into small, irregular pieces (contrasted with fine-cut): rough-cut tobacco.
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- roughneck — a rough, coarse person; a tough.
- roundarch — having rounded arches
- saccharo- — sugar
- sash cord — a cord for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- schlocker — something of poor quality; schlock
- schmoozer — to chat idly; gossip.
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- scholarch — the head of a school.
- scholarly — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schoolery — something that is taught
- schroeder — ˈGerhard (ˈgɛʀhɑʀt) ; gerˈhärt) 1944- ; Ger. politican: chancellor of Germany (1998-2005)
- scirrhoid — resembling a scirrhus.
- scirrhous — of a hard, fibrous consistency.
- scorching — burning; very hot.
- scouthery — scorching
- scrooched — to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- sheetrock — a trademark name for plasterboard or drywall, composed of gypsum enclosed by heavy sheets of paper and used for constructing interior walls and ceilings
- shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- short con — any simple confidence game involving a relatively small amount of money.
- short cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short-cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- show card — an advertising placard or card.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stockhorn — pibgorn.
- stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- synchrony — simultaneous occurrence; synchronism.
- tachogram — the record produced by the action of a tachometer.
- ter borch — Gerard [kh-ey-rahrt] /xˈeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1617–81, Dutch painter.
- the cross — the cross on which Jesus was put to death
- the crowd — the common people; the masses
- the force — A data parallel language by Harry Jordan <[email protected]> which extends Fortran for shared memory multiprocessors. It features parallel "case" statements and critical sections.
- the score — the actual situation; the true facts
- theocracy — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- theodoric — a.d. 454?–526, king of the Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogothic monarchy in Italy: ruler of Italy 493–526.