10-letter words containing h, i, l, c
- child-free — making a positive choice not to have children
- childbirth — Childbirth is the act of giving birth to a child.
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- childhoods — Plural form of childhood.
- childishly — of, like, or befitting a child: childish games.
- childproof — Something that is childproof is designed in a way which ensures that children cannot harm it or be harmed by it.
- children's — a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
- chiliarchy — the position or office of a leader of a thousand soldiers
- chiliastic — the doctrine of Christ's expected return to reign on earth for 1000 years; millennialism.
- chill pill — an imaginary medicinal pill with a calming, relaxing effect
- chillaxing — Present participle of chillax.
- chilliness — The state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
- chillingly — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- chilliwack — city in S British Columbia, Canada: pop. 60,000
- chilly bin — a portable insulated container with provision for packing food and drink in ice
- chilognath — any member of the diplopod subclass Chilognatha, including millipedes having exoskeletons heavily sclerotized with calcium carbonate.
- chilomonad — any of the colorless protozoalike algae of the genus Chilomonas (phylum Cryptophyta), chiefly saprozoic flagellates found in fresh waters that have become stagnant: popular in laboratory studies.
- chilomonas — a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads.
- chimerical — wildly fanciful; imaginary
- chin hills — a mountainous region of W Myanmar; part of the Arakan Yoma system. Highest peak: Mount Victoria, 3053 m (10 075 ft)
- china blue — a bright greenish blue.
- china clay — kaolin.
- china silk — a lightweight silk fabric constructed in plain weave, often used for linings, blouses, slips, etc.
- chinchilla — A chinchilla is a small furry animal that is bred for its valuable fur.
- chine nual — (documentation) /sheen'yu-*l/ (MIT) The LISP Machine Manual, so called because the title was wrapped around the cover so only those letters showed on the front.
- chiselling — (British) present participle of chisel.
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- chlamydiae — the sexually transmitted diseases that are due to the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis
- chlamydial — of or relating to infections caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
- chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
- chloralism — a medical condition created by prolonged use of chloral hydrate
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- chloridize — to change into a chloride
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chlorinity — the amount of chlorine present in water, esp sea-water
- chocaholic — Alternative spelling of chocoholic.
- chocoholic — A chocoholic is someone who eats a great deal of chocolate and finds it hard to stop themselves eating it.
- choiceless — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- choir loft — a gallery in a cathedral, abbey, or church used by the choir
- choirgirls — Plural form of choirgirl.
- choirstall — one of the benches for the choir of a church, cathedral, etc
- choke coil — an inductor used to limit or suppress alternating current without stopping direct current
- choliambic — relating to or in the form of choliambs
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- chop logic — to use excessively subtle or involved logic or argument
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- chorrillos — a city in W central Peru.