14-letter words containing h, i, l
- business lunch — a lunch at which business is discussed or transacted
- butterfly fish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- c with classes — Short-lived predecessor to C++.
- cache conflict — (storage) A sequence of accesses to memory repeatedly overwriting the same cache entry. This can happen if two blocks of data, which are mapped to the same set of cache locations, are needed simultaneously. For example, in the case of a direct mapped cache, if arrays A, B, and C map to the same range of cache locations, thrashing will occur when the following loop is executed: See also ping-pong.
- calligraphical — calligraphic
- canada thistle — a prickly European weed (Cirsium arvense) of the composite family, with heads of purplish flowers and wavy leaves: now common as a fast-spreading, injurious weed throughout the N U.S.
- canonical hour — one of the seven prayer times appointed for each day by canon law
- cap the climax — to be or do more than could be expected or believed
- cartographical — Pertaining to cartography.
- casserole dish — cooking pot for oven or hob
- catachrestical — Catachrestic.
- catastrophical — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
- cathedral city — a city that has a cathedral
- cellini's halo — Heiligenschein.
- centrolecithal — (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
- cephalic index — the ratio of the greatest width of the human head to its greatest length, multiplied by 100
- cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
- cephalosporins — Plural form of cephalosporin.
- chain pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
- chalcotrichite — a fibrous variety of cuprite.
- chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
- change of life — The change of life is the menopause.
- channelization — the action or process of channelizing
- chantilly lace — a delicate ornamental lace
- chaparral bird — roadrunner.
- chaparral lily — a lily, Lilium rubescens, of the western coast of the U.S., having pale lilac-colored flowers that turn rose-purple.
- chaptalization — a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation.
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charity school — an elementary school, usually funded by charitable persons or organizations, for those unable to pay: a forerunner of the public-school system.
- charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
- charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
- charles's wain — Big Dipper
- charmed circle — If you refer to a group of people as a charmed circle, you mean that they seem to have special power or influence, and do not allow anyone else to join their group.
- charter flight — a flight booked by a holiday company to transport their customers
- checkered lily — a lily, Fritillaria meleagris, native to Europe, having solitary, checkered, red-purple flowers mottled with greenish yellow.
- chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
- chemical agent — an agent that produces chemical reactions
- chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chemosterilize — to sterilize (insects or other animals) with a chemosterilant.
- chenille plant — an East Indian plant, Acalypha hispida, of the spurge family, having long, drooping, reddish-purple spikes of flowers.
- chest of viols — a set of viols of different sizes, usually six in number, used in consorts
- chicago school — a group of Chicago architects active between c1880 and c1910 and known for major developments in skyscraper design and for experiments in a modern architectural style appropriate especially to business and industrial buildings: two of the best-known members were Louis Sullivan and John Wellborn Root.
- chicken fillet — a fillet cut from a chicken
- chicken ladder — an inclined plank with transverse cleats.
- chicken little — a person who spreads baseless or exaggerated reports of danger; alarmist
- chicken turtle — an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace.
- child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children