9-letter words containing l, h, s
- chilliest — Superlative form of chilly.
- chillness — The state of being chilly.
- chilopods — Plural form of chilopod.
- chinglish — written or spoken English that is influenced by Chinese vocabulary and grammatical structure and used primarily by native speakers of Chinese
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- chisel in — to force oneself upon others without being asked or welcomed
- chiselers — Plural form of chiseler.
- chiseling — a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- chiselled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiselled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chiseller — a person who uses a chisel
- chitlings — the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- chlorosis — a disorder, formerly common in adolescent girls, characterized by pale greenish-yellow skin, weakness, and palpitation and caused by insufficient iron in the body
- chokeslam — A wrestling move in which someone is picked up by their neck and is driven into the mat.
- cholecyst — the gallbladder
- choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- chordless — Lacking chords.
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- chrysalis — A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult.
- clackdish — a dish carried by a beggar
- clamshell — a dredging bucket that is hinged like the shell of a clam
- classpath — (programming) an argument that tells the Java virtual machine where to look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.
- cleanthes — ?300–?232 bc, Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school
- clearchus — died 401? b.c.; Spartan general
- clerihews — Plural form of clerihew.
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- clinchers — Plural form of clincher.
- clingfish — any small marine teleost fish of the family Gobiesocidae, having a flattened elongated body with a sucking disc beneath the head for clinging to rocks, etc
- clipsheet — a sheet of paper with text printed on one side only
- closehead — the entrance to a tenement close
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- clubhands — Plural form of clubhand.
- clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
- clutchest — to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
- coalhouse — a shed or building for storing coal
- cogwheels — Plural form of cogwheel.
- cohesible — capable of cohesion
- cold cash — money paid in full at the time of a business transaction
- cold fish — If you say that someone is a cold fish, you think that they are unfriendly and unemotional.
- cold shut — A cold shut is a fault in the surface of a piece of metal caused by two streams of molten metal not joining properly when the piece is being cast.
- coldhouse — an unheated greenhouse
- colophons — Plural form of colophon.