13-letter words containing c, h, l
- callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
- callithumpian — relating to or resembling a callithump
- candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- capstan lathe — a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations
- capsule shell — A capsule shell is an outer skin in which a medicinal substance is contained.
- carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
- carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
- carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
- carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
- caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
- cash dealings — transactions that are carried out using cash
- cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
- cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- catch hold of — to take; seize; grasp
- catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
- catechistical — Pertaining to a catechism.
- catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
- cathartically — of or relating to catharsis.
- cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cephalothorax — the anterior part of many crustaceans and some other arthropods consisting of a united head and thorax
- cetyl alcohol — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 16 H 34 O, used chiefly as an emollient in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
- chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
- chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
- chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
- chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
- challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
- challengingly — in a way that challenges or defies someone
- chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
- chance-medley — a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing
- chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- changefulness — Propensity to change.
- channel black — the soot of a natural gas flame, used in paints; fine carbon.
- channel ferry — a ship that shuttles across the English Channel between the UK and the continent
- chaparral pea — a thorny leguminous Californian shrub, Pickeringia montana, with reddish-purple showy flowers
- chapel de fer — a medieval open helmet, often having a broad brim for deflecting blows from above.
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
- chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- charitability — Charitableness.