9-letter words containing c, l, i, h
- 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.
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- choirgirl — a girl who sings in a church choir
- chokecoil — a type of electronic inductor
- 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
- 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.
- choplogic — excessively complicated argument
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chortling — to chuckle gleefully.
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- chronicle — To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- chrysalis — A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult.
- chuckling — Present participle of chuckle.
- churchill — a river in E Canada, rising in SE Labrador and flowing north and southeast over Churchill Falls, then east to the Atlantic. Length: about 1000 km (600 miles)
- churnmilk — buttermilk
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- cinephile — a person who loves films and cinema
- city hall — The city hall is the building which a city council uses as its main offices.
- clackdish — a dish carried by a beggar
- cleithral — (of Greek temples) covered with a roof
- clenching — Present participle of clench.
- clerihews — Plural form of clerihew.
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- cliffhang — (of a serial or film) to end on a note of suspense
- clinchers — Plural form of clincher.
- clinching — Present participle of clinch.
- clingfish — any small marine teleost fish of the family Gobiesocidae, having a flattened elongated body with a sucking disc beneath the head for clinging to rocks, etc
- clipsheet — a sheet of paper with text printed on one side only
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- clutching — to hatch (chickens).
- coachline — a decorative line on the bodywork of a motor vehicle
- coccolith — any of the round calcareous plates in chalk formations: formed the outer layer of unicellular plankton
- cochineal — Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food.
- cohesible — capable of cohesion
- colchicum — any Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumn crocus
- cold fish — If you say that someone is a cold fish, you think that they are unfriendly and unemotional.