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15-letter words containing c, h, i, n, l

  • canadian shield — (in Canada) the wide area of Precambrian rock extending west from the Labrador coast to the basin of the Mackenzie and north from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay and the Arctic: rich in minerals
  • cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
  • cardinal humour — any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition
  • catharine wheel — Catherine wheel.
  • catherine wheel — A Catherine wheel is a firework in the shape of a circle which spins round and round.
  • central heating — Central heating is a heating system for buildings. Air or water is heated in one place and travels round a building through pipes and radiators.
  • chain lightning — lightning that zigzags across the sky
  • chandler period — the period of the oscillation (Chandler wobble) of the earth's axis, varying between 416 and 433 days.
  • channel captain — the most powerful member, and often the one that decides specifications, in a channel for distributing goods (which usually consists of a manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer). The channel captain is sometimes the manufacturer but in the case of a chain store it may be the retailer
  • channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
  • channel hopping — (chat)   To rapidly switch channels on IRC, or a GEnie chat board. This term may derive from the TV idiom, "channel surfing".
  • channel islands — a group of islands in the English Channel, off the NW coast of France, consisting of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Brechou or Brecqhou, Sark, Herm, Jethou, and Lihou (all between them representing the British Kingdom Crown Dependencies of the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey) - the only part of the duchy of Normandy remaining to Britain - and the Roches Douvres and the Îles Chausey (which belong to France). Pop: 149 878 (2001). Area: 194 sq km (75 sq miles)
  • channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel-hopping — Channel-hopping means switching quickly between different television channels because you are looking for something interesting to watch.
  • channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
  • chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
  • charlatanically — In a charlatanic manner.
  • charles dickens — Charles (John Huf·fam) [huhf-uh m] /ˈhʌf əm/ (Show IPA), ("Boz") 1812–70, English novelist.
  • charles simonyi — (person)   Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
  • charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
  • chatham islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, forming a county of South Island, New Zealand: consists of the main islands of Chatham, Pitt, and several rocky islets. Chief settlement: Waitangi. Pop: 609 (2006 est). Area: 963 sq km (372 sq miles)
  • chelating agent — a chemical compound that coordinates with a metal to form a chelate, often used to trap or remove heavy metal ions
  • chemical change — Chemistry. a usually irreversible chemical reaction involving the rearrangement of the atoms of one or more substances and a change in their chemical properties or composition, resulting in the formation of at least one new substance: The formation of rust on iron is a chemical change.
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chenopodium oil — a colorless or yellowish oil obtained from the seeds and leaves of Mexican tea, used chiefly in medicine as an agent for killing or expelling intestinal worms.
  • chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
  • chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
  • chicken cholera — fowl cholera.
  • chicken colonel — an officer with the rank of full colonel
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chicken-livered — timid; fearful; cowardly.
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • child abduction — the crime of removing a child from its rightful home
  • child battering — child abuse in the form of battering
  • child endowment — a social security payment for dependent children
  • child restraint — a device used to protect a child in a motor vehicle
  • child-battering — the physical abuse of a child by a parent or guardian, as by beating.
  • child-resistant — that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof: a child-resistant medicine cabinet.
  • children of god — a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.
  • children's home — care institution for minors
  • children's hour — a play (1934) by Lillian Hellman.
  • chile con carne — chili con carne
  • chili con carne — Chili con carne is a dish made from meat, with a thick sauce of tomatoes, and powdered or fresh chilies.
  • chiller cabinet — a cupboard or chest in a shop where chilled foods and drinks are displayed and kept cool
  • chilling effect — a discouraging or deterring effect, especially one resulting from a restrictive law or regulation.
  • chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
  • chinese gelatin — agar (def 1).
  • chinese lacquer — lacquer (def 2).
  • chinese lantern — a collapsible lantern made of thin coloured paper
  • chinese parsley — coriander leaves used as an herb; cilantro
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