8-letter words containing h, i, l, c
- choppily — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- chowline — A line of people waiting for food.
- chrismal — Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
- christly — of Jesus Christ; Christlike
- chubbily — in a chubby way or in the manner of someone who is chubby
- chummily — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chunkily — In a chunky way.
- churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
- chyluria — the presence of chyle in urine
- cichlids — Plural form of cichlid.
- clannish — If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.
- clanship — an association of families under the leadership of a chieftain
- clashier — Comparative form of clashy.
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- clathrin — a basketlike network of protein molecules that forms on the cell membrane in response to the attachment of ligands to receptors and becomes the inside surface of the coated vesicle during endocytosis.
- clerihew — a form of comic or satiric verse, consisting of two couplets of metrically irregular lines, containing the name of a well-known person
- clerkish — Like or resembling a clerk.
- clinched — Simple past tense and past participle of clinch.
- clincher — A clincher is a fact or argument that finally proves something, settles a dispute, or helps someone achieve a victory.
- clinches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clinch.
- cliquish — If you describe a group of people or their behavior as cliquish, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- clithral — (of a classical temple) roofed over.
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- clothing — Clothing is the things that people wear.
- clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- clubbish — clubby
- clumpish — clumpy
- coahuila — a state of N Mexico: mainly plateau, crossed by several mountain ranges that contain rich mineral resources. Capital: Saltillo. Pop: 2 295 808 (2000). Area: 151 571 sq km (59 112 sq miles)
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- complish — to accomplish
- coolibah — A northern Australian gum tree that typically grows near watercourses and yields strong, hard timber.
- coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- coyishly — in a coyish manner
- culchies — Plural form of culchie.
- diarchal — Relating to, or pertaining to, diarchy or a diarchy system.
- dithecal — having two thecae or receptacles
- dolichos — a genus of tropical vines
- eldritch — Weird and sinister or ghostly.
- elenchic — elenctic
- eolithic — denoting, relating to, or characteristic of the early part of the Stone Age, characterized by the use of crude stone tools
- ethnical — (rare) Ethnic.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- fecolith — A calcified fecal deposit.
- felching — Present participle of felch.
- filchers — Plural form of filcher.
- filching — to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
- finchley — a residential district of N London, part of the Greater London borough of Barnet from 1965
- flichter — (of birds) to fly feebly; flutter.
- flinched — to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.