9-letter words containing s, h, e, c, r
- cheerless — Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- chelators — Plural form of chelator.
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
- cheremiss — a member of an Ugrian people of the Volga region, esp of the Mari El Republic
- cherished — clung to, esp when fulfilment is unlikely
- cherisher — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
- cherishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cherish.
- cherkassy — city & port in central Ukraine, on the Dnepr River: pop. 302,000
- 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.
- chesstree — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a wooden fastening with one or more sheaves, attached to the topside of a sailing vessel, through which the windward tack of a course was rove.
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
- chimerism — a medical condition in which a person develops from two distinct embryos that could possess two genetically distinct sets of cells
- chin rest — a device fixed to the top of a violin or viola to provide a firm rest for the player's chin.
- chiselers — Plural form of chiseler.
- chiseller — a person who uses a chisel
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- chordates — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
- chordless — Lacking chords.
- chordwise — in the direction of an aerofoil chord
- chorister — A chorister is a singer in a church choir.
- chorussed — Simple past tense and past participle of chorus.
- christens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of christen.
- christine — a feminine name: dim. Chris, Chrissie, Tina; var. Christina, Christy
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- clearchus — died 401? b.c.; Spartan general
- clerihews — Plural form of clerihew.
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- clinchers — Plural form of clincher.
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- cockhorse — rocking horse
- 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.
- coheiress — a female coheir
- copperish — resembling copper
- corfhouse — a shed used for curing salmon and storing nets
- cornhouse — a corncrib.
- corniches — Plural form of corniche.
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- cosphered — sharing the same sphere
- cow horse — cow pony.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- cromlechs — Plural form of cromlech.
- crossed-h — a constant used in quantum mechanics, equal to the Planck constant divided by 2π. It has a value of 1.054571596±0.000000078 × 10 −34 joule seconds
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- crotchets — Plural form of crotchet.