9-letter words containing s, c, h, u
- cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
- dachshund — A dachshund is a small dog that has very short legs, a long body, and long ears.
- debauches — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- debouches — to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
- deckhouse — a houselike cabin on the deck of a ship
- deschutes — river in central and N Oreg., flowing from the Cascade Range north into the Columbia River: c. 250 mi (402 km)
- deutscher — Isaac, 1907–1967, English journalist and author, born in Poland.
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort
- dischurch — to cause (a church) to no longer be a church
- dishclout — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- duchesses — the wife or widow of a duke.
- duckshove — to evade (responsibility or an issue)
- duncishly — in a dullard-like manner
- dustcloth — a soft, absorbent cloth used for dusting.
- echovirus — any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
- eucharist — The Eucharist is the Christian religious ceremony in which Christ's last meal with his disciples is celebrated by eating bread and drinking wine.
- eulachons — Plural form of eulachon.
- eunuchism — The condition of being a eunuch.
- euphenics — the study of biological improvement
- euthenics — The study of the effects of place on people.
- fish duck — merganser.
- flashcube — a cube, for attaching to a camera, that contains a flashbulb in each vertical side and rotates automatically for taking four flash pictures in succession.
- forasmuch — Inasmuch, seeing (that).
- gauchesco — of or relating to gauchos
- handcuffs — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- heucheras — Plural form of heuchera.
- heuretics — the use of logic
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hiccoughs — Plural form of hiccough.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- huaraches — Plural form of huarache.
- huascaran — a mountain in W Peru, in the Andes. 22,205 feet (6768 meters).
- hubristic — excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
- hucksters — Plural form of huckster.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- humpbacks — Plural form of humpback.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- ice house — a building for storing ice.
- icehouses — Plural form of icehouse.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- in shtuck — in trouble
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.