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

  • heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
  • hillcrest — The crest of a hill.
  • hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
  • holoclone — (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a higher growth potential than a meroclone because it does not contain differentiated cells.
  • holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
  • homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
  • homeslice — Alternative spelling of home slice (Someone from one's home town.).
  • homiletic — of or relating to preaching or to homilies.
  • horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
  • housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
  • hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
  • ice shelf — an ice sheet projecting into coastal waters so that the end floats.
  • inclineth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incline.
  • 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.
  • kickwheel — a potter's wheel rotated by kicking.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
  • launchers — Plural form of launcher.
  • leachable — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
  • leachates — Plural form of leachate.
  • lebkuchen — a hard, chewy or brittle Christmas cookie, usually flavored with honey and spices and containing nuts and citron.
  • lechering — a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
  • lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
  • leechlike — Resembling a leech or some aspect of one; clinging, parasitic.
  • lehmbruck — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1919, German sculptor.
  • 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.
  • leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
  • 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.
  • lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
  • lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
  • lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
  • lichfield — a town in SE Staffordshire, in central England, N of Birmingham: birthplace of Samuel Johnson.
  • lickerish — fond of and eager for choice food.
  • lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
  • lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
  • loch ness — a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.
  • lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
  • lovechild — A child born to parents who aren't married to one another.
  • luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
  • lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
  • lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
  • lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
  • 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.
  • malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
  • marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
  • matchable — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
  • matchless — having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable: matchless courage.
  • michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
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