9-letter words containing t, o, u, c, h
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- 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.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- 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.
- mouchette — a daggerlike form, especially in tracery, created by a segmental and an ogee curve so that it is pointed at one end and circular at the other.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- munch out — to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- 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.
- old dutch — the Dutch language before c1100. Abbreviation: OD, OD., O.D.
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outlaunch — to send out
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outscheme — to outdo in scheming
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- patchogue — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- punch out — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-out — a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- rough-cut — cut into small, irregular pieces (contrasted with fine-cut): rough-cut tobacco.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- scouthery — scorching
- scouthood — (sometimes initial capital letter) the state of being a scout, especially a Boy Scout or a Girl Scout.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- short cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short-cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- southcott — Joanna. 1750–1814, British religious fanatic, who claimed that she would give birth to the second Messiah
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- succotash — a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.
- theaceous — belonging to the Theaceae, the tea family of plants.
- touch off — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touchable — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touchback — a play in which the ball is downed after having been kicked into the end zone by the opposing team or having been recovered or intercepted there, or in which it has been kicked beyond the end zone. Compare safety (def 6a).
- touchdown — Football. an act or instance of scoring six points by being in possession of the ball on or behind the opponent's goal line.
- touchhole — the vent in the breech of an early firearm or cannon through which the charge was ignited.
- touchless — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touchline — any of the outer lines bordering the playing field.
- touchmark — touch (def 55a, c).
- touchwood — wood converted into an easily ignitible substance by the action of certain fungi, and used as tinder; punk.