9-letter words containing c, l, i, h
- lechering — a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- leechlike — Resembling a leech or some aspect of one; clinging, parasitic.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lichfield — a town in SE Staffordshire, in central England, N of Birmingham: birthplace of Samuel Johnson.
- lickerish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- linchpins — Plural form of linchpin.
- lip-synch — the technical process by which this is done.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- loin chop — a small piece of meat cut from the loin
- loincloth — a piece of cloth worn around the loins or hips, especially in tropical regions as the only item of clothing.
- lovechild — A child born to parents who aren't married to one another.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lynchings — Plural form of lynching.
- lynchpins — Plural form of lynchpin.
- lyophilic — noting a colloid the particles of which have a strong affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- mailcoach — a railway coach specially constructed for the transportation of mail
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- man-child — a male child; boy; son.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- matchlist — a list of names, telephone numbers, and related information compiled to help people find others who are willing to share a resource or service, as a car pool.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- microlith — a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, especially during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times.
- milch cow — milk cow.
- molochise — sacrifice to deity
- molochize — to offer up or immolate to a god
- moonchild — a person born under the zodiacal sign of Cancer.
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- neolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- nicholson — Ben, 1894–1982, British abstract painter.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- ohmically — By means of ohmic heating, the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor releases heat.
- oil patch — an area in which oil is produced.
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.