6-letter words containing l, h
- chital — axis deer.
- chlor- — chloro-
- chole- — indicating bile or gall
- cholee — a short-sleeved blouse or bodice, often one exposing part of the midriff, worn by Hindu women in India.
- choler — anger or ill humour
- cholic — Of or pertaining to bile.
- cholis — Plural form of choli.
- cholla — any of several spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia that grow in the southwestern US and Mexico and have cylindrical stem segments
- cholo- — chole-
- cholon — a city in S Vietnam: a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City
- choral — Choral music is sung by a choir.
- chulpa — a type of prehistoric stone tower, found in Brazil and Peru, having living quarters over a burial chamber.
- chulym — a river in S central Siberia, Russia, flowing N and W to the Ob River. 1075 miles (1730 km) long.
- churls — Plural form of churl.
- churly — (archaic) rude; churlish; violent.
- clashy — (obsolete, regional) wet; rainy.
- clatch — a squelching sound
- cleché — voided so that only a narrow border is visible
- clench — When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
- cliche — A cliché is an idea or phrase which has been used so much that it is no longer interesting or effective or no longer has much meaning.
- clichy — an industrial suburb of NW Paris: residence of the Merovingian kings (7th century). Pop: 58 646 (2007)
- clinch — If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
- clitch — Alternative form of clutch.
- cloath — (obsolete) cloth.
- cloche — A cloche is a long, low cover made of glass or clear plastic that is put over young plants to protect them from the cold.
- clothe — To clothe someone means to provide them with clothes to wear.
- clotho — one of the three Fates, spinner of the thread of life
- cloths — a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- clough — a gorge or narrow ravine
- clunch — hardened clay
- clutch — If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
- clutha — a river in New Zealand, the longest river in South Island; rising in the Southern Alps it flows southeast to the Pacific. Length: 338 km (210 miles)
- coolth — coolness
- culham — a village in S central England, in Oxfordshire: site of the UK centre for thermonuclear reactor research and of the Joint European Torus (JET) programme
- cultch — old shells, stones, etc., forming a spawning bed for oysters
- d phil — D Phil is an abbreviation for Doctor of Philosophy.
- dahlia — A dahlia is a garden flower with a lot of brightly coloured petals.
- dahlin — (archaic, chemistry) inulin.
- dakhla — an oasis in S Egypt: source of ocher.
- daleth — the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ד), transliterated as d or, when final, dh
- dealth — (obsolete) A share dealt out.
- dehull — to remove the hulls from (beans, seeds, etc.); hull.
- delish — delicious
- delphi — an ancient Greek city on the S slopes of Mount Parnassus: site of the most famous oracle of Apollo
- dhokla — A food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to khaman, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming and typically eaten in India.
- dholak — A dhol, especially a relatively small one.
- dholes — Plural form of dhole.
- dhooly — dooly.
- dhulia — a city in Maharashtra state, W central India.
- dolphy — Eric Allan, 1928–64, U.S. jazz musician.