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9-letter words containing r, h, o, e, a

  • chromates — Plural form of chromate.
  • chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
  • cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
  • 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.
  • cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
  • cothamore — a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
  • crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
  • cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
  • darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
  • 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.
  • decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
  • delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
  • diarrhoea — If someone has diarrhoea, a lot of liquid faeces comes out of their body because they are ill.
  • drag shoe — a type of braking device on a vehicle
  • drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
  • dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
  • eachother — (nonstandard) misspelling of each other Typically used in the context of
  • earphones — (countable) Plural form of earphone.
  • earth-god — a god of fertility and vegetation.
  • earthborn — born on or sprung from the earth; of earthly origin.
  • earthwork — excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation.
  • earthworm — any one of numerous annelid worms that burrow in soil and feed on soil nutrients and decaying organic matter.
  • echograph — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
  • ecohazard — any substance or activity that poses a threat to a habitat or an environment: Off-the-road motorcycling is an ecohazard to fragile desert habitats.
  • eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
  • enchorial — Indigenous, native.
  • ephoralty — an ephor's office
  • ergograph — A graph that shows a relation between human activities, or agricultural/climate factors, and a seasonal year.
  • escheator — a person appointed to deal with escheats
  • esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
  • euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
  • eurobeach — a beach that has been designated as suitable for bathing from because it meets the limits set by European Union regulations for bacteria in bathing areas
  • eurotrash — fashionable Europeans, traveling or living abroad, of a type regarded variously as pretentious, shallow, irresponsible, parasitic, etc.
  • exophoria — (ophthalmology) A form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward.
  • farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
  • fashioner — a person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.
  • flashover — Electricity. a disruptive discharge around or over the surface of a solid or liquid insulator.
  • floorhead — the upper side of a floor timber on a boat or ship
  • for shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
  • forehands — Plural form of forehand.
  • foreheads — Plural form of forehead.
  • forereach — to gain, as one ship on another.
  • foreshank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
  • foreteach — to teach (something) ahead of time
  • forgather — to gather together; convene; assemble.
  • forsaketh — Archaic third-person singular form of forsake.
  • forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
  • freakshow — Alternative spelling of freak show.
  • gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
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