12-letter words containing c, h, o, l, a
- bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
- bachelorhood — the state of being a bachelor.
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- black cohosh — a plant of the ranunculaceous family, Cimicifuga racemosa, which is used as a natural alternative to hormone replacement therapy
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
- board school — (formerly) a school managed by a board elected by local ratepayers
- boghead coal — compact bituminous coal that burns brightly and yields large quantities of tar and oil upon distillation.
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- breechloader — any gun loaded at the breech
- brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
- cacophonical — cacophonous
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- camphor ball — mothball
- candleholder — a candlestick
- capitol hill — the area around the Capitol in Washington, DC
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- cash journal — cashbook.
- catastrophal — (rare) Catastrophic.
- catch a cold — to make a loss; lose one's investment
- cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- cathodically — in a cathodic manner, by using a cathode
- cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
- cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- cephalopodic — relating to or resembling a cephalopod
- chain locker — a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
- chalazogamic — relating to the process of chalazogamy
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- chalcography — the art of engraving on copper or brass
- chalcolithic — of or relating to a period characterized by the use of both stone and bronze implements
- chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
- chalicothere — any of various very large extinct Tertiary horselike perissodactyl mammals that had clawed feet but otherwise resembled titanotheres
- change color — to become pale
- channel iron — a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section
- channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- charcoal rot — a disease of plants, especially sorghum, corn, etc., characterized by basal stem lesions and a black discoloration and dry rot of the internal tissues at the base of the stem and upper roots, caused by a fungus, Macrophomina phaseoli.
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- charm school — a school teaching manners and social skills
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- chartophylax — an official who serves chiefly as the chancellor and archivist of a diocese.
- chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.