9-letter words containing t, h, e, c
- homiletic — of or relating to preaching or to homilies.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- hot fence — an electric fence surrounding a farm
- 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.
- hucksters — Plural form of huckster.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- humectant — a substance that absorbs or helps another substance retain moisture, as glycerol.
- humectate — to humect ie to moisten, to wet
- humective — tending to moisten
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- ice chest — an insulated, boxlike container that can be filled with ice and used to cool beverages, preserve food, etc.
- ice sheet — a broad, thick sheet of ice covering an extensive area for a long period of time.
- 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.
- inclineth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incline.
- interarch — to have intersecting arches
- itch mite — a parasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing itch or scabies in humans and a form of mange in animals.
- itchiness — having or causing an itching sensation.
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- kvetching — Present participle of kvetch.
- 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.
- leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- 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.
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
- 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