9-letter words containing c, h, y, l
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- dry-gulch — to ambush with the intent of killing or severely mauling: The riders were dry-gulched by bandits.
- duncishly — in a dullard-like manner
- echoingly — In an echoing way.
- entelechy — The realization of potential.
- epochally — In an epochal manner.
- ethically — In an ethical manner.
- ethylenic — (organic chemistry) Containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative.
- euchology — a euchologion
- grouchily — In a grouchy manner.
- halcyonic — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- halomancy — Divination by use of salt. This is the origin for the superstition of spilled salt.
- helically — pertaining to or having the form of a helix; spiral.
- hemicycle — a semicircle.
- hemolytic — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- hollyhock — any of several plants belonging to the genus Alcea (or Althaea), of the mallow family, native to Eurasia, especially A. rosea, a tall plant having a long cluster of showy, variously colored flowers.
- hologynic — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in females (opposed to holandric).
- holotypic — Relating to a holotype.
- holy city — a city regarded as particularly sacred by the adherents of a religious faith, as Jerusalem by Jews and Christians, Mecca and Medina by Muslims, and Varanasi by Hindus.
- homolytic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
- hypocotyl — the part of a plant embryo directly below the cotyledons, forming a connection with the radicle.
- ichnology — the branch of paleontology concerned with the study of fossilized tracks, trails, burrows, borings, or other trace fossils as evidence of the occurrence or behavior of the organisms that produced them.
- lachrymal — of or relating to tears.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- lip-synch — the technical process by which this is done.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lynch law — the administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
- lynch mob — A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
- lynchburg — a city in central Virginia.
- lynchings — Plural form of lynching.
- lynchpins — Plural form of lynchpin.
- lyophilic — noting a colloid the particles of which have a strong affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- march fly — any of several flies of the family Bibionidae that appear during spring and early summer.
- matchplay — Alternative form of match play.
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- ochlagogy — (rare) Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue.
- ohmically — By means of ohmic heating, the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor releases heat.
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
- oxyphilic — acidophilic.
- parchedly — in a parched manner
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- phycology — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- phylarchy — a government led by a phylarch