10-letter words containing c, h, l, a
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- face cloth — washcloth.
- facecloths — Plural form of facecloth.
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- flash back — If your mind flashes back to something in the past, you remember it or think of it briefly or suddenly.
- flash card — a card having words, numerals, or pictures on it, designed for gaining a rapid response from pupils when held up briefly by a teacher, used especially in reading, arithmetic, or vocabulary drills.
- flash-lock — stanch1 (def 5).
- flashbacks — Plural form of flashback.
- flashcards — Plural form of flashcard.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- flight cap — a wedge-shaped cap of cotton or woolen fabric, worn as part of the service uniform.
- flip chart — a set of sheets, as of cardboard or paper, hinged at the top so that they can be flipped over to show information or illustrations in sequence.
- flow chart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- flycatcher — any of numerous Old World birds of the family Muscicapidae, that feed on insects captured in the air.
- foodaholic — a person having an excessive, often uncontrollable craving for food.
- franchisal — Pertaining to franchises.
- genethliac — of or relating to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.
- glasscloth — a cloth for cleaning glass, which does not leave fibres behind
- golschmann — Vladimir [vlad-uh-meer] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1893–1972, French orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- gothically — In a gothic way.
- gottschalk — Louis Moreau [maw-roh,, moh-] /mɔˈroʊ,, moʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1829–69, U.S. pianist and composer.
- grandchild — a child of one's son or daughter.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- hack value — Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack. For example, MacLISP had features for reading and printing Roman numerals, which were installed purely for hack value. See display hack for one method of computing hack value, but this cannot really be explained, only experienced. As Louis Armstrong once said when asked to explain jazz: "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." (Feminists please note Fats Waller's explanation of rhythm: "Lady, if you got to ask you ain't got it.")
- hackle fly — an artificial fly made with hackles, usually without wings.
- hackleback — shovelnose sturgeon.
- haemocoels — Plural form of haemocoel.
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- hagiologic — Synonym of hagiological.
- halcyonian — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half hitch — a knot or hitch made by forming a bight and passing the end of the rope around the standing part and through the bight.
- half-caste — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- half-crazy — somewhat crazy or insane
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-hitch — a knot or hitch made by forming a bight and passing the end of the rope around the standing part and through the bight.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- half-track — a caterpillar tread that runs over and under the rear or driving wheels of a vehicle but is not connected with the forward wheels: used especially on military vehicles.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- halobiotic — relating to habitation in the sea
- halocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing carbon, one or more halogens, and sometimes hydrogen.
- haloclines — Plural form of halocline.
- halophilic — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
- hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
- hamshackle — to hobble (a cow, horse, etc) by tying a rope around the head and one of the legs
- handclasps — Plural form of handclasp.