13-letter words containing h, e, n, l
- channel ferry — a ship that shuttles across the English Channel between the UK and the continent
- charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
- charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
- charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
- charter plane — a plane that has been chartered
- checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
- cheerlessness — The state or characteristic of being cheerless.
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- chestnut clam — Astarte (def 2).
- chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
- cheval screen — a fire screen, usually with a cloth panel, having supports at the ends and mounted on legs.
- chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
- chicken liver — the liver of chicken, considered as food
- chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
- child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
- child rearing — the activity of rearing children
- child version — (system management) In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- childlessness — The state of being childless.
- childlikeness — the character of being like a child
- childrenswear — clothing for children
- chile relleno — a Mexican dish of a green chile, usually hot, stuffed as with cheese or a meat mixture, then breaded and fried and served usually with a sauce
- chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
- chili relleno — chile relleno
- chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
- chimney place — an open hearth.
- chimney wheel — smokejack.
- chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
- chlorhexidine — an antiseptic compound used in skin cleansers, mouthwashes, etc
- chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
- chloroacetone — a colorless, lachrymatory, poisonous liquid, C 3 H 5 ClO, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of insecticides and perfumes.
- chlorobenzene — a colourless volatile flammable insoluble liquid with an almond-like odour, made from chlorine and benzene and used as a solvent and in the preparation of many organic compounds, esp phenol and DDT. Formula: C6H5Cl
- chloromethane — methyl chloride.
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- chloroxylenol — (chemistry) A compound with the chemical formula C8H9ClO, commonly used in antibacterial soaps and toxic to fish.
- chosen people — any of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
- cleaner tooth — a saw tooth for cleaning loose chips from a kerf.
- clear channel — a radio broadcast channel cleared for long-distance broadcasting during nighttime hours.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clincher tire — an automobile tire having on each side of its inner circumference a rubber flange that fits under the turned-over edge of the wheel rim.
- clock puncher — a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.
- close at hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- close-at-hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- cloven-hoofed — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- collieshangie — a quarrel