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13-letter words containing l, a, h, g

  • blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
  • blow the gaff — to divulge a secret
  • boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
  • bowling match — a game of bowls
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • burgess shale — a bed of Cambrian sedimentary rock in the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia containing many unique invertebrate fossils
  • cacographical — Synonym of cacographic.
  • calcium light — limelight (sense 1)
  • calligraphist — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
  • candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
  • card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
  • carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
  • cash dealings — transactions that are carried out using cash
  • cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
  • casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
  • chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
  • chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
  • challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
  • challengingly — in a way that challenges or defies someone
  • chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
  • changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
  • changefulness — Propensity to change.
  • charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
  • chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
  • child rearing — the activity of rearing children
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
  • chinling shan — Qinling Shan
  • chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
  • cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
  • chronological — If things are described or shown in chronological order, they are described or shown in the order in which they happened.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • cohomological — of or relating to cohomology
  • colleagueship — workplace companionship
  • collieshangie — a quarrel
  • conchological — Of or pertaining to conchology.
  • 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.
  • crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • cytopathology — a branch of pathology that examines individual cells in order to diagnose disease
  • dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
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