10-letter words containing h, i, l, c
- christless — being without the teachings or spirit of Christ; unchristian.
- christlike — resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ
- chromophil — a cell that takes a stain easily
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chronicler — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chronicles — either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- churchlike — resembling or appropriate to a church: churchlike silence.
- churlishly — In a churlish manner.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- cimeliarch — a room for keeping the valuables of a church.
- cinch belt — a wide belt of elastic, leather, or fabric with a clasp or lacing in front, worn tightly to make the waist look smaller.
- cinephiles — Plural form of cinephile.
- civic hall — a public venue, often used for recreational facilities such as sports clubs or music concerts
- clairseach — an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.
- clannishly — In a clannish manner.
- clashingly — In a clashing manner.
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- clientship — the state of being a client
- cliff-hang — to wait eagerly for the outcome of a suspenseful situation or contest.
- climograph — A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- cliquishly — In a cliquish manner.
- clisthenes — Cleisthenes
- clomiphene — a drug that stimulates the production of egg cells in the ovary: used to treat infertility in women
- close with — to engage in battle with an enemy
- cloth-like — resembling cloth
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- clownishly — In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
- club chair — a large, heavily upholstered armchair, usually with a low back
- co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
- coccoliths — Plural form of coccolith.
- cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
- cohesively — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- colchicine — a pale-yellow crystalline alkaloid extracted from seeds or corms of the autumn crocus. It is used in the treatment of gout and to create polyploid plants by inhibiting chromosome separation during meiosis. Formula: C22H25NO6
- colchicums — Plural form of colchicum.
- cold light — light emitted at low temperatures from a source that is not incandescent, such as fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, or triboluminescence
- coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
- conchiglie — pasta in the form of shells
- conchiolin — a fibrous insoluble protein that forms the basic structure of the shells of molluscs. Formula: C30H48O11N9
- conchoidal — (of the fracture of minerals and rocks) having smooth shell-shaped convex and concave surfaces
- consulship — an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- cook-chill — a method of food preparation used by caterers, in which cooked dishes are chilled rapidly and reheated as required
- coolie hat — a wide, conical straw hat worn especially as a shield against the sun.
- cornholing — to have anal intercourse with.
- crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
- crithidial — relating to a developmental stage in protozoan parasites of the trypanosome group, now more commonly referred to as the epimastigote stage
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light