9-letter words containing c, h, a, r, l
- flashcard — a card having words, numerals, or pictures on it, designed for gaining a rapid response from pupils when held up briefly by a teacher, used especially in reading, arithmetic, or vocabulary drills.
- flat arch — an arch having a more or less flat intrados and extrados with voussoirs radiating from a center below the arch.
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- flowchart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- gill arch — branchial arch.
- graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- hair cell — an epithelial cell having hairlike processes, as that of the organ of Corti.
- hair clip — clasp for securing hairstyle
- hair-lock — a curl of the hair of the head
- haircloth — cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
- half-acre — a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- halftrack — an army truck, armored vehicle, etc. with tractor treads in the rear, but with a pair of wheels in front
- hard clam — a quahog.
- hard coal — anthracite.
- hard luck — If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- holarctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- 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.
- lachrymal — of or relating to tears.
- lap-chart — a log of every lap covered by each car in a race, showing the exact position throughout
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- lcm chair — Eames chair (def 1).
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- march fly — any of several flies of the family Bibionidae that appear during spring and early summer.
- marchland — borderland.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- monarchal — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.
- ochlocrat — An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; a advocate of mob rule.
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
- orichalch — Alternative form of orichalcum.
- parchedly — in a parched manner
- parfleche — a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.
- parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- phylarchy — a government led by a phylarch
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- rachidial — Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
- rachillae — Plural form of rachilla.
- ranchless — having no ranch or ranches