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9-letter words containing s, c, h, o

  • cephalous — having a head
  • cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
  • chaconnes — Plural form of chaconne.
  • chamfrons — Plural form of chamfron.
  • chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
  • champions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion.
  • chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
  • chapbooks — Plural form of chapbook.
  • chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
  • charangos — Plural form of charango.
  • charcoals — Plural form of charcoal.
  • chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
  • charolais — a breed of large white beef cattle that originated in France
  • charoseth — haroseth.
  • chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
  • chassepot — a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army
  • chat show — A chat show is a television or radio show in which people talk in a friendly, informal way about different topics.
  • chatrooms — Plural form of chatroom.
  • checkouts — Plural form of checkout.
  • cheilosis — Inflammation of one or both of the corners of the mouth.
  • chelators — Plural form of chelator.
  • chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
  • chemostat — an apparatus for growing bacterial cultures at a constant rate by controlling the supply of nutrient medium
  • cheongsam — a straight dress, usually of silk or cotton, with a stand-up collar and a slit in one side of the skirt, worn by Chinese women
  • 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.
  • chi meson — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
  • chilidogs — Plural form of chilidog.
  • chilopods — Plural form of chilopod.
  • chip shop — A chip shop is a shop which sells hot food such as fish and chips, fried chicken, sausages, and meat pies. The food is cooked in the shop and people take it away to eat at home or in the street.
  • chip shot — a short approach shot to the green, esp one that is lofted
  • chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
  • chisimaio — a port in S Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. Pop: reliable recent estimates are not available
  • chitinous — a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
  • chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
  • chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
  • chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
  • chlorosis — a disorder, formerly common in adolescent girls, characterized by pale greenish-yellow skin, weakness, and palpitation and caused by insufficient iron in the body
  • choirboys — Plural form of choirboy.
  • chokeslam — A wrestling move in which someone is picked up by their neck and is driven into the mat.
  • cholecyst — the gallbladder
  • chomskyan — of or relating to Noam Chomsky or his linguistic theories, especially to transformational-generative grammar.
  • choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
  • choose up — to decide on the opposing players, as for an impromptu ballgame
  • chop shop — a place where stolen automobiles are dismantled for parts which are sold or used to repair wrecked vehicles which are then illicitly resold
  • chop suey — Chop suey is a Chinese-style dish that consists of meat and vegetables that have been stewed together.
  • chophouse — a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc
  • chopsocky — a genre of martial arts film containing superfluous violence
  • chopsteak — chopped steak.
  • chopstick — Chopsticks are a pair of thin sticks which people in China and the Far East use to eat their food.
  • choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
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