9-letter words containing t, h, e, c
- decathect — to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss: He decathected from her in order to cope with her impending death.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'declare'.
- dehiscent — (of fruits, anthers, etc) opening spontaneously to release seeds or pollen
- deschutes — river in central and N Oreg., flowing from the Cascade Range north into the Columbia River: c. 250 mi (402 km)
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- deutscher — Isaac, 1907–1967, English journalist and author, born in Poland.
- diathetic — Pathology. a constitutional predisposition or tendency, as to a particular disease or other abnormal state of the body or mind.
- dichroite — cordierite.
- dirichlet — Peter Gustav Lejeune [pey-tuh r goo s-tahf luh-zhœn] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, German mathematician.
- distiches — Alternative spelling of distichs Plural form of distich.
- ditrochee — a form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit.
- dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
- dordrecht — a city in SW Netherlands, on the Waal River.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk
- dutch hoe — a type of hoe in which the head consists of a two-edged cross-blade attached to two prongs or of a single pressing of this shape
- dysthetic — relating to dysthesia
- eachother — (nonstandard) misspelling of each other Typically used in the context of
- echelette — a diffraction grating designed to reflect infrared radiation.
- ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
- ectophyte — a parasitic plant growing on an animal or another plant.
- ectotherm — a cold-blooded animal.
- elenchtic — Alternative form of elenctic.
- emphatics — Plural form of emphatic.
- encanthis — a tumour of the eye
- enchanted — Simple past tense and past participle of enchant.
- enchanter — A person who uses magic or sorcery, esp. to put someone or something under a spell.
- entelechy — The realization of potential.
- entrechat — A vertical jump during which the dancer repeatedly crosses the feet and beats them together.
- epilithic — (of plants) growing on the surface of rock
- epiphytic — Of or pertaining to an epiphyte.
- epitaphic — Pertaining to an epitaph.
- epithecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- epithetic — Of or relating to epithets.
- erythemic — having the characteristics of erythema
- escheated — Simple past tense and past participle of escheat.
- escheator — a person appointed to deal with escheats
- escovitch — Alternative form of escoveitch.
- esthetics — (US) alternative spelling of aesthetics.
- etherical — relating to ether
- ethically — In an ethical manner.
- ethicises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ethicise.
- ethicists — Plural form of ethicist.
- ethicless — Without ethics.
- ethnarchs — Plural form of ethnarch.
- ethnicism — (obsolete) heathenism; pagan superstition.
- ethnicity — The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.