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10-letter words containing c, h, e, l

  • blackheart — an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold
  • blackheath — a residential district in SE London, mainly in the boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich: a large heath formerly notorious for highwaymen
  • blockhouse — (formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
  • breechless — having no breeches or trousers; bare-bottomed
  • bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
  • bucephalus — the favourite horse of Alexander the Great
  • buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
  • burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
  • cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
  • cache line — (storage)   (Or cache block) The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache. Rather than reading a single word or byte from main memory at a time, each cache entry is usually holds a certain number of words, known as a "cache line" or "cache block" and a whole line is read and cached at once. This takes advantage of the principle of locality of reference: if one location is read then nearby locations (particularly following locations) are likely to be read soon afterward. It can also take advantage of page-mode DRAM which allows faster access to consecutive locations.
  • caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
  • calabashes — Plural form of calabash.
  • calciphile — calcicole.
  • calciphobe — calcifuge.
  • caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
  • call house — a house or apartment used by prostitutes for arranging or keeping assignations.
  • camel hair — the hair of the camel, used especially for cloth, painters' brushes, and Oriental rugs.
  • camel-hair — A camel-hair coat is made of a kind of soft, thick woollen cloth, usually creamy-brown in colour.
  • camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
  • can't help — If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.
  • candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
  • capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
  • cardholder — A cardholder is someone who has a bank card or credit card.
  • carmichael — Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929)
  • cartophile — a cartophilist
  • cartwheels — Plural form of cartwheel.
  • cased hole — A cased hole is the part of the wellbore with metal casing and cementing.
  • cash value — the nonforfeiture value of a life-insurance policy payable to the insured in cash upon its surrender.
  • catch hell — to receive a severe scolding, punishment, etc.
  • catchflies — Plural form of catchfly.
  • cathedrals — Plural form of cathedral.
  • cathemeral — Relating to organisms that have sporadic and random intervals during the day or night in which food is acquired.
  • cattleship — a large vessel for the transportation of livestock.
  • cell phone — a mobile phone
  • cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
  • cephalalgy — Dated form of cephalalgia.
  • cephalexin — a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
  • cephalitis — encephalitis.
  • cephalonia — a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles)
  • cephalopod — any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, characterized by well-developed head and eyes and a ring of sucker-bearing tentacles. The group also includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus
  • chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
  • chainplate — a metal plate on the side of a vessel, to which the shrouds are attached
  • chainwheel — a toothed wheel that meshes with a roller chain to transmit motion
  • chaiseless — without a chaise
  • chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
  • chalcidice — a peninsula of N central Greece, in Macedonia Central, ending in the three promontories of Kassandra, Sithonia, and Akti. Area: 2945 sq km (1149 sq miles)
  • chalcocite — a lead-grey or black mineral, found as a copper ore or in veins. It is a source of copper. Composition: copper sulphide. Formula: Cu2S. Crystal structure: orthorhombic
  • chalcolite — torbernite.
  • chalk line — a chalked string for making a straight line on a large surface, as a wall, by holding the string taut against the surface and snapping it to transfer the chalk.
  • chalkiness — of or like chalk.
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