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12-letter words containing c, h, e, i, l

  • leachability — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
  • lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
  • lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
  • leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
  • leptocephali — Plural form of leptocephalus.
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • lichtenstein — Roy, 1923–97, U.S. painter and sculptor.
  • light client — thin client
  • light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
  • like a charm — perfectly; successfully
  • lincolnshire — a county in E England. 2272 sq. mi. (5885 sq. km).
  • 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.
  • lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
  • little minch — a sea channel between Isle of Skye and the central Outer Hebrides Islands, Scotland, connecting the Minch, or North Minch (N), with the Sea of the Hebrides. 14 to 20 miles (23 to 32 km) wide.
  • loir-et-cher — a department in central France. 2479 sq. mi. (6420 sq. km). Capital: Blois.
  • lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
  • luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
  • lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis
  • machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
  • machicolated — Having machicolations.
  • machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
  • machine tool — a power-operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances.
  • mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
  • manna lichen — any of several crustose lichens of the genus Lecanora, especially L. esculenta, found in the African and Arabian deserts, used for food by humans and other animals.
  • mathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
  • mechanically — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
  • mechanizable — Capable of being mechanized.
  • mechlin lace — a fine bobbin lace with raised cord, originally made in Mechlin.
  • megacephalic — macrocephalic.
  • megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
  • melancholiac — affected with melancholia.
  • melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
  • melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
  • melanochroic — Melanochroid
  • men-children — plural of man-child.
  • mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
  • mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
  • mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
  • metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • metathetical — (linguistics) exhibiting metathesis.
  • methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
  • michael viii — surnamed Palaeologus (ˈpælɪəˌləʊɡəs). 1224–82, Byzantine emperor (1259–82); founder of the Palaeologan dynasty. His reign saw the recovery of Constantinople from the Latins (1261) and the reunion (1274) of the Greek and Roman churches
  • michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
  • michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
  • microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
  • middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
  • middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
  • mischallenge — an improper challenge
  • mischanceful — unlucky
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