8-letter words containing c, h, i, l
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- patchily — characterized by or made up of patches.
- phacelia — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Phacelia, of the waterleaf family, chiefly of the western U.S. and Mexico, having clusters of violet, blue, or white flowers.
- phenolic — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- phenylic — relating to, consisting of or originating from phenyl
- phthalic — of or derived from phthalic acid.
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- pilchard — a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
- pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- pitchily — in a pitchy manner
- prechill — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- rachilla — a small or secondary rachis, as the axis of a spikelet in a grass inflorescence.
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- rolliche — roulade (def 2).
- schiffli — a large, loomlike machine for embroidering textiles and working patterns in lace.
- schiller — Ferdinand Canning Scott [kan-ing] /ˈkæn ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1937, English philosopher in the U.S.
- schimmel — a roan-coloured horse
- scholium — Often, scholia. an explanatory note or comment. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- schoolie — a fish that swims within a school.
- stilicho — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 359?–408, Roman general and statesman.
- suchlike — of any such kind; similar.
- swelchie — the tidal race in the Pentland Firth
- switchel — a drink of molasses and water, plus ginger or rum; treacle beer
- taiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- teiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- telechir — a robot arm controlled by a human operator
- tetchily — irritable; touchy.
- thalamic — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
- thetical — positive; dogmatic.
- thinclad — a runner on a track team
- ticklish — sensitive to tickling.
- torchlit — illuminated by the light of a torch or torches
- twichild — a person who is experiencing a second childhood
- ulbricht — Walter [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1893–1973, German Communist leader: chairman of the East German Council of State 1960–73.
- unchicly — in an unchic fashion; not stylishly; unfashionably
- walachia — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- weichsel — a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1050 km) long.
- welching — welsh.
- winchell — Walter, 1897–1972, U.S. newspaper columnist and radio and television broadcaster.
- woolwich — a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Greenwich and Newham: royal military academy and arsenal.