9-letter words containing l, h
- chronicle — To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
- 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.
- chuckhole — a pothole
- chuckling — Present participle of chuckle.
- churchill — a river in E Canada, rising in SE Labrador and flowing north and southeast over Churchill Falls, then east to the Atlantic. Length: about 1000 km (600 miles)
- churnmilk — buttermilk
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- cinephile — a person who loves films and cinema
- city hall — The city hall is the building which a city council uses as its main offices.
- clackdish — a dish carried by a beggar
- clamshell — a dredging bucket that is hinged like the shell of a clam
- clarthead — a slow-witted or stupid person
- classpath — (programming) an argument that tells the Java virtual machine where to look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.
- clathrate — resembling a net or lattice
- cleantech — (industry) Technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.
- cleanthes — ?300–?232 bc, Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school
- clearchus — died 401? b.c.; Spartan general
- cleithral — (of Greek temples) covered with a roof
- clenching — Present participle of clench.
- 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
- cliffhang — (of a serial or film) to end on a note of suspense
- clinchers — Plural form of clincher.
- clinching — Present participle of clinch.
- 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
- cloth cap — A cloth cap is a soft flat cap with a stiff, curved part at the front called a peak. Cloth caps are usually worn by men.
- cloth-cap — pertaining to or characteristic of the working class.
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- club hand — a deformity of the hand, analogous to club foot
- clubhands — Plural form of clubhand.
- clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
- clunkhead — a stupid or foolish person.
- clutchest — to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
- clutching — to hatch (chickens).
- coachable — capable of being coached
- coachline — a decorative line on the bodywork of a motor vehicle
- coachload — A coachload of people is a group of people who are travelling somewhere together in a coach.
- coalhouse — a shed or building for storing coal
- coccolith — any of the round calcareous plates in chalk formations: formed the outer layer of unicellular plankton
- cochineal — Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food.
- cochleate — shaped like a snail's shell; spirally twisted
- cogwheels — Plural form of cogwheel.