9-letter words containing h, i, e, l
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- buthelezi — Mangosouthu Gatsha (ˌmæŋɡəʊˈsuːtuː ˈɡætʃə), known as Chief Buthelezi. born 1928, Zulu leader, chief minister of the KwaZulu territory of South Africa from 1970 until its abolition in 1994; founder of the Inkatha movement and advocate of Zulu autonomy; minister of home affairs (1994–2004)
- cailleach — an old woman
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- catchline — a slogan, esp one used in a political or advertising campaign
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chainless — having no chain or chains
- chainlike — Having the form of a chain.
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- chamomile — camomile
- chantlike — Resembling a chant.
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- charles i — title as Holy Roman Emperor of Charlemagne
- chatelain — the keeper or governor of a castle
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- checklist — A checklist is a list of all the things that you need to do, information that you want to find out, or things that you need to take somewhere, which you make in order to ensure that you do not forget anything.
- checkrail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- cheilitis — an inflammation of the lip or lips
- cheilosis — Inflammation of one or both of the corners of the mouth.
- chelating — Having the ability to undergo chelation.
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chelicera — one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
- chemicals — the commercial production and sale of chemical products
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- cheralite — a rare monazite mineral consisting of thorium and calcium
- chesticle — (slang, humorous) A (woman's) breast.
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chic sale — an outside privy.
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
- chiefless — having no ruler or leader
- chiefling — a minor chief
- childcare — Childcare refers to looking after children, and to the facilities which help parents to do so.
- childfree — having no children; childless, especially by choice.
- childless — Someone who is childless has no children.
- childlike — You describe someone as childlike when they seem like a child in their character, appearance, or behaviour.
- childline — a telephone helpline for children in distress or danger
- childness — the nature or character of a child
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- chillaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of chillax.
- chilliest — Superlative form of chilly.
- chillness — The state of being chilly.
- chiltepin — a variety of chilli pepper, Capsicum annuum, growing wild in Mexico and the south-western United States