9-letter words containing n, s, h
- consumeth — Archaic third-person singular form of consume.
- cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
- cornhouse — a corncrib.
- cornhusks — Plural form of cornhusk.
- corniches — Plural form of corniche.
- coronachs — Plural form of coronach.
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- coshocton — a city in E central Ohio.
- cothurnus — the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy
- couchings — the act of a person or thing that couches.
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- crashland — Alternative form of crash-land.
- crumhorns — Plural form of crumhorn.
- crunchers — Plural form of cruncher.
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cushiness — the quality or condition of being cushy
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cushionet — a small cushion
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- dachshund — A dachshund is a small dog that has very short legs, a long body, and long ears.
- daghestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- dashingly — In a dashing manner.
- deathsman — an executioner
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
- dehiscent — (of fruits, anthers, etc) opening spontaneously to release seeds or pollen
- delphinus — a small constellation in the N hemisphere, between Pegasus and Sagitta
- demijohns — Plural form of demijohn.
- deplenish — to deprive of contents, such as furniture, stock, etc
- dethrones — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dethrone.
- dhrystone — (benchmark) A short synthetic benchmark program by Reinhold Weicker <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, intended to be representative of system (integer) programming. It is available in ADA, Pascal and C. The current version is Dhrystone 2.1. The author says, "Relying on MIPS V1.1 (the result of V1.1) numbers can be hazardous to your professional health." Due to its small size, the memory system outside the cache is not tested. Compilers can too easily optimise for Dhrystone. String operations are somewhat over-represented.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- dirhinous — having paired nostrils.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- dishonors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishonor.
- dishonour — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- disinhume — to disinter.
- disthrone — (obsolete, transitive) To dethrone; to remove from the throne.
- dockhands — Plural form of dockhand.
- donnishly — In a donnish manner.
- donorship — a person who gives or donates.
- doughnuts — Plural form of doughnut.
- doujinshi — (anime, manga, video games) A fan-produced work, especially a manga, anime, or video game.
- downshift — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- dronishly — in a droning manner
- duathlons — Plural form of duathlon.
- duncishly — in a dullard-like manner
- dunghills — Plural form of dunghill.