9-letter words containing c, h, e, l
- molochise — sacrifice to deity
- molochize — to offer up or immolate to a god
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- much less — to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- neolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- overchill — to make too cold
- pachelbel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1706, German organist and composer.
- 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.
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- photocell — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- poachable — able to be poached
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- punchless — having no punch
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- rachillae — Plural form of rachilla.
- ranchless — having no ranch or ranches
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- reachable — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- reachless — unreachable or unattainable
- real hack — A crock. This is sometimes used affectionately; see hack.
- reblochon — a soft French cheese
- rechannel — to guide (something) into or convey (something) through a channel or channels again or in a new way
- red chalk — a clayey ochre containing iron, used by painters
- richelieu — Armand Jean du Plessis [ar-mahn zhahn dy ple-see] /arˈmɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ dü plɛˈsi/ (Show IPA), Duc de, 1585–1642, French cardinal and statesman.
- richfield — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- scaldhead — a person's scalp that is diseased with ringworm or another similar affliction
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- schedular — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- scheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- scheduler — scheduling
- scheelite — calcium tungstate, CaWO 4 , usually occurring in tetragonal crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- schelling — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von [free-drikh vil-helm yoh-zef fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/ (Show IPA), 1775–1854, German philosopher.