9-letter words containing c, a, l, h
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- homicidal — of or relating to homicide.
- hoolachan — a Highland reel
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- jacklight — a portable cresset, oil-burning lantern, or electric light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- kamchadal — Itelmen.
- knaidlach — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- la chaise — Père François d'Aix de [frahn-swa de duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa dɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1624–1709, French Roman Catholic priest: confessor to Louis XIV.
- la mancha — a plateau region in central Spain: famous as the birthplace of Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote de la Mancha.
- laccolith — a mass of igneous rock formed from magma that did not find its way to the surface but spread laterally into a lenticular body, forcing overlying strata to bulge upward.
- lachrymal — of or relating to tears.
- lake chad — a lake in N central Africa: fed chiefly by the Shari River, it has no apparent outlet. Area: at fullest extent 10 000 to 26 000 sq km (4000 to 10 000 sq miles), varying seasonally; it has shrunk considerably in recent years
- lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
- lap child — a child who has not yet begun or has just begun to walk.
- lap-chart — a log of every lap covered by each car in a race, showing the exact position throughout
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- launching — Present participle of launch.
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- lcm chair — Eames chair (def 1).
- leachable — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- 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.
- 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.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- localhost — (computing) The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lynch law — the administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
- machpelah — the site of a cave, probably in the ancient city of Hebron, where Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and Leah were buried. Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- mailcoach — a railway coach specially constructed for the transportation of mail
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- man-child — a male child; boy; son.
- march fly — any of several flies of the family Bibionidae that appear during spring and early summer.
- marchland — borderland.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- matchable — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- matchless — having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable: matchless courage.