12-letter words containing c, a, l, h
- in the clear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- incharitable — Obsolete form of uncharitable.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- interchannel — occurring or existing between two or more channels
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- ixtaccihuatl — an extinct volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,342 feet (5286 meters).
- iztaccihuatl — an extinct volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,342 feet (5286 meters).
- jack-the-lad — a young man who is regarded as a brash, loud show-off
- jackson hole — a valley in NW Wyoming, near the Teton Range: wildlife preserve.
- john mauchly — (person) /jon W mok'*-lee/ (rhymes with "broccoli") Dr. John W. Mauchly, one of the developers of ENIAC.
- kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
- kaffeeklatch — Alternative spelling of coffee klatch.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lady teacher — a teacher who is a woman
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- lake charles — a city in SW Louisiana.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- latch needle — a part of a knitting machine consisting of a thin shaft with a hook on one end and a pivoting latch that closes over the hook so that yarn can be drawn through the developing knitting to make a stitch.
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- lay preacher — a preacher who is not a member of the clergy
- leachability — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- lead a chase — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lecture hall — conference room
- leptocephali — Plural form of leptocephalus.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- like a charm — perfectly; successfully
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- lithological — Of or pertaining to lithology.
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures