9-letter words containing c, l, h
- chin ball — a device fastened under the chin of a bull to mark cows it has mounted
- china oil — a dark, molasseslike, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid having a warm, bitter taste, obtained from the leguminous tree, Myroxylon pereirae, of Central America: used in medicine, perfumery, and in the manufacture of chocolate.
- chinglish — written or spoken English that is influenced by Chinese vocabulary and grammatical structure and used primarily by native speakers of Chinese
- chipolata — a small sausage in a narrow casing
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- chippable — having the ability to be reduced to small pieces
- chirality — the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound
- chirology — Palm reading.
- chisel in — to force oneself upon others without being asked or welcomed
- chiselers — Plural form of chiseler.
- chiseling — a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- chiselled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiselled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chiseller — a person who uses a chisel
- chitlings — the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.
- chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- chloracne — a disfiguring skin disease that results from contact with or ingestion or inhalation of certain chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chlorella — any microscopic unicellular green alga of the genus Chlorella: some species are used in the preparation of human food
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- chloritic — a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum, ferrous iron, and magnesium, occurring in green platelike crystals or scales.
- chlorosis — a disorder, formerly common in adolescent girls, characterized by pale greenish-yellow skin, weakness, and palpitation and caused by insufficient iron in the body
- chlorotic — an abnormally yellow color of plant tissues, resulting from partial failure to develop chlorophyll, caused by a nutrient deficiency or the activities of a pathogen.
- chockfull — Alternative form of chock full.
- chocolate — Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet.
- chocolaty — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- choirgirl — a girl who sings in a church choir
- chokeable — to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- chokecoil — a type of electronic inductor
- chokehold — the act of holding a person's neck across the windpipe, esp from behind using one arm
- chokeslam — A wrestling move in which someone is picked up by their neck and is driven into the mat.
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- cholaemia — a toxic medical condition indicated by the presence of bile in the blood
- cholaemic — of or relating to cholaemia
- cholecyst — the gallbladder
- cholelith — a stone formed in the gall bladder by the accumulation of bile constituents
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- cholerine — (pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.
- chololith — cholelith.
- choluteca — a city in S Honduras.
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- chopblock — butcher-block.
- choplogic — excessively complicated argument
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble