9-letter words containing s, c, h, o
- orchestic — relating to dance
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orchestre — Obsolete form of orchestra.
- orchidist — an orchid grower
- orthotics — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- ostriches — Plural form of ostrich.
- outscheme — to outdo in scheming
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pop psych — psychological or pseudopsychological counseling, interpretations, concepts, terminology, etc., often simplistic or superficial, popularized by certain personalities, magazine articles, television shows, advice columns, or the like, that influence the general public.
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- prechoose — to choose in advance
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- promachos — a defender or champion
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- psychogas — a gas with a mind-altering effect
- psychoses — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
- psychosis — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- racehorse — a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- re-choose — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rochester — John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- 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.
- saccharo- — sugar
- sachemdom — the office of a sachem
- sackcloth — sacking.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- sash cord — a cord for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- scaphopod — any mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, comprising the tooth shells.
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- schistose — of, resembling, or in the form of schist.
- schizopod — any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.