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

  • clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
  • clear the air — to rid a situation of tension or discord by settling misunderstandings, etc
  • clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
  • clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
  • click through — to navigate around (a website) using the links provided to move onto different pages
  • click-through — 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.
  • cliff-hanging — of, relating to, or characteristic of a cliff-hanger: a cliff-hanging vote of 20–19.
  • climatography — an account of a region's climate
  • climbing fish — an Asian labyrinth fish, Anabas testudineus, that resembles a perch and can travel over land on its spiny gill covers and pectoral fins
  • clincher tire — an automobile tire having on each side of its inner circumference a rubber flange that fits under the turned-over edge of the wheel rim.
  • clishmaclaver — idle talk; gossip
  • clistothecium — cleistothecium.
  • cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
  • cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
  • club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • cochleariform — having a spoon shape
  • cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
  • cohesive soil — sticky soil such as clay or clayey silt whose strength depends on the surface tension of capillary water
  • cohomological — of or relating to cohomology
  • colleagueship — workplace companionship
  • collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
  • collieshangie — a quarrel
  • column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
  • come to light — to be revealed
  • compiled html — (filename extension)   A Microsoft file format for distributing a collection of HTML files, along with their associated images, sounds, etc., as a single compressed archive file. Microsoft use this format for Windows HTML Help files. Most chms include a project (.hhp) file listing the included files and basic settings, a contents (.hhc) file, an index (.hhk) file, html files, and, optionally, image files. Users view chms with hh.exe, the HTML Help viewer installed with Internet Explorer. Filename extension: .chm.
  • complete with — If one thing comes complete with another, it has that thing as an extra or additional part.
  • conchological — Of or pertaining to conchology.
  • copy the mail — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
  • corinth canal — a ship canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf across the Isthmus of Corinth
  • cosmochemical — relating to cosmochemistry
  • cosmothetical — cosmothetic
  • could do with — If you say that you could do with something, you mean that you need it or would benefit from it.
  • council house — In Britain, a council house is a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.
  • counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
  • cove lighting — indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or the like toward a cove at the edge of the ceiling.
  • coxwell chair — Cogswell chair.
  • crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
  • crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • critical path — the sequence of stages of a project requiring the longest time
  • crystal habit — the external shape of a crystal
  • cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
  • cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
  • cyberthriller — A thriller whose plot hinges on cyberspace.
  • cycloheximide — a toxic antibiotic that inhibits protein synthesis, used as a fungicide in agriculture
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