14-letter words containing c, i, h, l
- change of life — The change of life is the menopause.
- channelization — the action or process of channelizing
- chantilly lace — a delicate ornamental lace
- chaparral bird — roadrunner.
- chaparral lily — a lily, Lilium rubescens, of the western coast of the U.S., having pale lilac-colored flowers that turn rose-purple.
- chaptalization — a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation.
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charity school — an elementary school, usually funded by charitable persons or organizations, for those unable to pay: a forerunner of the public-school system.
- charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
- charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
- charles's wain — Big Dipper
- charmed circle — If you refer to a group of people as a charmed circle, you mean that they seem to have special power or influence, and do not allow anyone else to join their group.
- charter flight — a flight booked by a holiday company to transport their customers
- checkered lily — a lily, Fritillaria meleagris, native to Europe, having solitary, checkered, red-purple flowers mottled with greenish yellow.
- chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
- chemical agent — an agent that produces chemical reactions
- chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chemosterilize — to sterilize (insects or other animals) with a chemosterilant.
- chenille plant — an East Indian plant, Acalypha hispida, of the spurge family, having long, drooping, reddish-purple spikes of flowers.
- chest of viols — a set of viols of different sizes, usually six in number, used in consorts
- chicago school — a group of Chicago architects active between c1880 and c1910 and known for major developments in skyscraper design and for experiments in a modern architectural style appropriate especially to business and industrial buildings: two of the best-known members were Louis Sullivan and John Wellborn Root.
- chicken fillet — a fillet cut from a chicken
- chicken ladder — an inclined plank with transverse cleats.
- chicken little — a person who spreads baseless or exaggerated reports of danger; alarmist
- chicken turtle — an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace.
- child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children
- child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
- childbed fever — puerperal fever.
- children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
- chiller-diller — chiller (def 2).
- chiltern hills — a range of low chalk hills in SE England extending northwards from the Thames valley. Highest point: 260 m (852 ft)
- china wood oil — tung oil
- chinese leaves — the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage
- chinese puzzle — an intricate puzzle, esp one consisting of boxes within boxes
- chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
- chippewa falls — a city in W Wisconsin.
- chisholm trail — cattle trail from San Antonio, Tex., to Abilene, Kans.: important from 1865 until the 1880s
- chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
- chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
- chlorcyclizine — an antihistamine, C18H21ClN2, used for treating allergies
- chloride paper — a relatively slow printing paper coated with an emulsion of silver chloride: used mostly for contact prints.
- chloritization — a conversion into or a substitution by chlorite
- chloroargyrite — a greyish-yellow or colourless soft secondary mineral consisting of silver chloride in cubic crystalline form: a source of silver. Formula: AgCl
- chloroplatinic — of or derived from chloroplatinic acid.
- chlorosulfuric — (inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to chlorosulfuric acid or its derivatives.
- chlorothalonil — a crystalline compound, C 8 Cl 4 N 2, used as a fungicide on vegetable crops, peanuts, and lawns, and as a preservative in adhesives and paints.
- chlorothiazide — a diuretic drug administered orally in the treatment of chronic heart and kidney disease and hypertension. Formula: C7H6ClN3O4S2