12-letter words containing c, h, u, l
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- chuck-a-luck — a gambling game in which players bet on the way three dice, contained in an hourglass-shaped cage, will fall when the cage is pivoted
- churchillian — relating to, typical of or reminiscent of Winston Churchill
- churchpeople — people belonging to a church
- churlishness — The state of being churlish.
- chylocaulous — having fleshy stems.
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- cliquishness — The state of being cliquish.
- close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
- closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- clutch pedal — The clutch pedal is the pedal by which the driver of a vehicle operates the clutch.
- clutch plate — a plate in a vehicle's clutch that connects to the transmission
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- colour chart — a chart with samples of paint colours
- colour depth — bits per pixel
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- cruelhearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- culture hero — a mythical or mythicized historical figure who embodies the aspirations or ideals of a society.
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- curule chair — an upholstered folding seat with curved legs used by the highest civil officials of ancient Rome
- cutlass fish — any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- cycle crunch — (jargon) A situation wherein the number of people trying to use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one can get enough cycles because they are spread too thin and the system has probably begun to thrash. This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's Law applied to time-sharing. Usually the only solution is to buy more computer. Happily, this has rapidly become easier since the mid-1980s, so much so that the very term "cycle crunch" now has a faintly archaic flavour; most hackers now use workstations or personal computers as opposed to traditional time-sharing systems.
- double cloth — a cloth used in overcoating, blankets, brocade, etc., made by interweaving two physically discrete fabrics at various points in the pattern by bringing warp and fill yarns from each through the other to be worked on the opposite face of the compound fabric.
- double dutch — a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double-check — a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- dutch belted — one of a breed of black dairy cattle, raised originally in the Netherlands, having a broad white band encircling the body.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- dutch settle — a settle having a back so hinged that it can be lowered onto the arms to form a table.
- earth colour — any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
- eleutherarch — the chief of the eleutheri
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- flesh colour — of a yellowish-pink to yellowish-grey colour roughly that of the skin of a white person
- fluorochrome — any of a group of fluorescent dyes used to label biological material.