9-letter words containing s, h, o
- 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
- 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
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- chorister — A chorister is a singer in a church choir.
- chorusing — Present participle of chorus.
- chorussed — Simple past tense and past participle of chorus.
- christoff — Boris. 1919–93, Bulgarian bass-baritone, noted esp for his performance in the title role of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- chudskoye — Lakelake on the Estonian-Russian border: with its S extension, Lake Pskov, c. 1,400 sq mi (3,626 sq km)
- churrasco — meat cooked over an open fire.
- cinchonas — Plural form of cinchona.
- cirrhosis — Cirrhosis or cirrhosis of the liver is a disease which destroys a person's liver and which can kill them. It is often caused by drinking too much alcohol.
- closehead — the entrance to a tenement close
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
- coalhouse — a shed or building for storing coal
- coauthors — Plural form of coauthor.
- 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.
- codfishes — Plural form of codfish.
- cogwheels — Plural form of cogwheel.
- coheiress — a female coheir
- cohesible — capable of cohesion
- cohobates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate.
- cohostess — a woman who cohosts an event
- cohousing — a type of housing with some shared facilities
- cokeheads — Plural form of cokehead.
- cold cash — money paid in full at the time of a business transaction