9-letter words containing t, h, e, c, a
- hexastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
- hexateuch — the first six books of the Old Testament.
- hic jacet — (on gravestones) here lies
- hieratica — a type of papyrus noted for its high quality and used by the ancient Egyptians in sacred books
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- humectant — a substance that absorbs or helps another substance retain moisture, as glycerol.
- humectate — to humect ie to moisten, to wet
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- ice yacht — a sailing craft having a cross-shaped frame with a cockpit and runners for travelling over ice
- inchanted — Simple past tense and past participle of inchant.
- interarch — to have intersecting arches
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- leachates — Plural form of leachate.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- machmeter — a device that indicates airspeed relative to the speed of sound.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- manchette — armpad.
- matchable — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- matchless — having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable: matchless courage.
- matchmake — To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
- mechanist — a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
- mechitzah — mehitzah.
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mustached — Having a mustache.
- mustaches — Plural form of mustache.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- neat hack — 1. A clever technique. 2. A brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value. Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch. See also hack.
- neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
- octateuch — the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.
- oenanthic — having a smell that is similar to wine
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- 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.
- outcharge — to charge more than