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13-letter words containing c, i, h, l

  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • charitability — Charitableness.
  • charlatanical — of or relating to a charlatan, pretentious
  • charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
  • charles fries — Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
  • charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
  • charlier shoe — special light horseshoe
  • chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
  • checkout girl — a female employee who works on a supermarket checkout
  • checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
  • cheiloschisis — Cleft lip.
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • chemical peel — a cosmetic treatment used to eliminate wrinkles, blemishes, etc., in which an acid is applied to the face, neck, or hands, causing a layer of skin to peel off.
  • chemical pulp — wood pulp made from chemically treated and cooked wood fibers and used in the manufacture of better grades of paper.
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
  • cheviot hills — a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland, mainly in Northumberland
  • chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
  • chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
  • chicken liver — the liver of chicken, considered as food
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
  • child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
  • child custody — custody (def 4).
  • child process — (operating system)   A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
  • child prodigy — A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent.
  • child rearing — the activity of rearing children
  • child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
  • child version — (system management)   In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
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