10-letter words containing c, s, h, e, l
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- mach scale — a scale that measures how much deceit and manipulation one will approve or condone in order to achieve some end.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- melchiades — Saint, died a.d. 314, pope 310–314.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- michaelmas — a festival celebrated on September 29 in honor of the archangel Michael.
- mischannel — to channel wrongly
- mischmetal — an alloy of cerium with certain rare earth metals and iron, used to produce the spark in lighters
- mohs scale — a scale of hardness used in mineralogy. Its degrees, in increasing hardness, are: talc 1; gypsum 2; calcite 3; fluorite 4; apatite 5; feldspar 6; quartz 7; topaz 8; sapphire 9; diamond 10. Abbreviation: MSH.
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.
- mule chest — a low chest with drawers, mounted on a low frame.
- musclehead — a muscular man, esp. one who is involved in bodybuilding, weight lifting, etc.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- pre-school — Pre-school is used to describe things relating to the care and education of children before they reach the age when they have to go to school.
- quenchless — not capable of being quenched; unquenchable.
- ramshackle — dilapidated, run down
- ranshackle — to ransack
- reschedule — to schedule for another or later time: to reschedule a baseball game because of rain.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
- scapewheel — escape wheel.
- scatheless — to attack with severe criticism.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- schleicher — August, 1821–68, German linguist.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- school age — the age set by law for children to start school attendance.
- school tie — old school tie.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schooltide — schooldays
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open