8-letter words containing c, l, e, n, h
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- holocene — recent (def 4).
- inchmeal — by inches; inch by inch; little by little.
- launched — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- launcher — a person or thing that launches.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- lecithin — Biochemistry. any of a group of phospholipids, occurring in animal and plant tissues and egg yolk, composed of units of choline, phosphoric acid, fatty acids, and glycerol.
- leeching — any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- letching — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lichened — Covered with lichen.
- lichenin — a white, gelatinous, polysaccharide starch, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from various lichens.
- liebchen — A person who is very dear to another (often used as a term of endearment).
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- luncheon — lunch, especially a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon.
- lynchers — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- mechelen — French Malines. Flemish Mechelen [mekh-uh-luh n] /ˈmɛx ə lən/ (Show IPA). a city in N Belgium.
- michelin — André (ɑ̃dre). 1853–1931, French industrialist; founder, with his brother Édouard Michelin (1859–1940), of the Michelin Tyre Company (1888): the first to use demountable pneumatic tyres on motor vehicles
- mulhacen — a mountain in S Spain: the highest peak in Spain. 11,411 feet (3478 meters).
- penuchle — pinochle.
- phenolic — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- phenylic — relating to, consisting of or originating from phenyl
- pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- relaunch — an act or instance of launching something again.
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- technol. — technological
- unclench — relax: muscles
- unclothe — to strip of clothes.
- welching — welsh.
- welchman — Welshman.
- winchell — Walter, 1897–1972, U.S. newspaper columnist and radio and television broadcaster.