9-letter words containing r, h, o
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- cash crop — A cash crop is a crop that is grown in order to be sold.
- cataphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word used subsequently in the same discourse
- catchword — A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
- catchwork — A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
- cerecloth — waxed waterproof cloth of a kind formerly used as a shroud
- cerograph — an engraving or writing on wax
- chaeronea — an ancient Greek town in W Boeotia: site of the victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians and Thebans (338 bc) and of Sulla over Mithridates (86 bc)
- chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
- chamfrons — Plural form of chamfron.
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- chaperone — A chaperone is someone who accompanies another person somewhere in order to make sure that they do not come to any harm.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- charangos — Plural form of charango.
- charbroil — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- charcoals — Plural form of charcoal.
- charcoaly — resembling charcoal
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- chargeoff — Alternative spelling of charge off.
- chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- charleton — a male given name.
- charlotte — a baked dessert served hot or cold, commonly made with fruit and layers or a casing of bread or cake crumbs, sponge cake, etc
- charolais — a breed of large white beef cattle that originated in France
- charoseth — haroseth.
- charwoman — A charwoman is a woman who is employed to clean houses or offices.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- chat room — A chat room is a site on the Internet where people can exchange messages about a particular subject.
- chatrooms — Plural form of chatroom.
- checkroom — a place at a railway station, airport, etc, where luggage may be left for a small charge with an attendant for safekeeping
- chelators — Plural form of chelator.
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- cherenkov — Pavel Alekseyevich (ˈpavɪl alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1904–90, Soviet physicist: noted for work on the effects produced by high-energy particles: shared Nobel prize for physics 1958
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- chernenko — Konstantin (Ustinovich) (kənstanˈtin). 1911–85, Soviet statesman; general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1984–85)
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- chernobyl — a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986
- chernozem — a black soil, rich in humus and carbonates, in cool or temperate semiarid regions, as the grasslands of Russia
- cherokees — a member of an important tribe of North American Indians whose first known center was in the southern Alleghenies and who presently live in North Carolina and Oklahoma.
- chevronel — a narrow chevron, one-half the usual breadth or less.
- chew over — If you chew something over, you keep thinking about it.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- 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.
- chipproof — resistant to chipping.
- chirimoya — cherimoya.