12-letter words containing c, h, e, i, l
- cliquishness — The state of being cliquish.
- cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
- close stitch — buttonhole stitch.
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- clothes-line — a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- cohesionless — lacking cohesion
- coleorrhizae — protective sheath enclosing grass seedlings
- collide with — If a vehicle collides with another vehicle or a person, it hits something or someone that is traveling in a different direction.
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- curule chair — an upholstered folding seat with curved legs used by the highest civil officials of ancient Rome
- cytochemical — the branch of cell biology dealing with the detection of cell constituents by means of biochemical analysis and visualization techniques.
- dealcoholize — to remove some or all of the alcohol from (a drink).
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- ditheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- echolocation — the general method of locating objects by determining the time for an echo to return and the direction from which it returns, as by radar or sonar.
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- ehrlichiosis — (medicine) A tick-borne disease caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia.
- electrophile — (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
- electrophori — Plural form of electrophorus.
- empathically — In an empathic manner.
- emphatically — In a forceful way.
- encephalitic — Of or pertaining to encephalitis.
- encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
- enchantingly — In an enchanting manner.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- eosinophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained by eosin.
- epigraphical — Epigraphic.
- eschscholzia — Any of the flowers in the Eschscholzia genus, especially the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica).
- esthetically — Alternative spelling of aesthetically.
- ethical code — an ethical code is a set of moral principles used to govern the conduct of a profession
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent