13-letter words containing l, a, c, h
- church slavic — a liturgical language used in Eastern Orthodox churches in Slavic countries since the 11th or 12th century, representing a development of Old Church Slavonic through contact with the national Slavic languages.
- chylification — the process of turning into chyle
- cigar lighter — a small, portable implement containing fuel which produces a flame with which to light a cigarette
- claddagh ring — any of various elaborately designed rings, esp one in the shape of two hands embracing a heart, given as a token of lasting affection
- class teacher — a teacher who teaches a class
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- cleaner tooth — a saw tooth for cleaning loose chips from a kerf.
- clear channel — a radio broadcast channel cleared for long-distance broadcasting during nighttime hours.
- clear the air — to rid a situation of tension or discord by settling misunderstandings, etc
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- clearheadedly — In a clearheaded manner.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- cliff-hanging — of, relating to, or characteristic of a cliff-hanger: a cliff-hanging vote of 20–19.
- climatography — an account of a region's climate
- clishmaclaver — idle talk; gossip
- clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
- clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
- close at hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- close-at-hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
- coffee klatch — A coffee klatch is a social event at which coffee is served.
- cohomological — of or relating to cohomology
- coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collieshangie — a quarrel
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
- conchological — Of or pertaining to conchology.
- conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
- context clash — (grammar) When a parser cannot tell which alternative production of a syntax applies by looking at the next input token ("lexeme"). For example, given syntax C -> A | b c A -> d | b e If you're parsing non-terminal C and the next token is 'b', you don't know whether it's the first or second alternative of C since they both can start with b. If a grammar can generate the same sentence in multiple different ways (with different parse tress) then it is ambiguous. An ambiguity must start with a context clash (but not all context clashes imply ambiguity). To see if a context clash is also a case of ambiguity you would need to follow the alternatives involved in each context clash to see if they can generate the same complete sequence of tokens.
- control chart — a chart on which observed values of a variable are plotted, usually against the expected value of the variable and its allowable deviation, so that excessive variations in the quality, quantity, etc, of the variable can be detected
- copy the mail — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- corinth canal — a ship canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf across the Isthmus of Corinth
- cosmochemical — relating to cosmochemistry
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.