9-letter words containing l, i, t, h, c
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- loincloth — a piece of cloth worn around the loins or hips, especially in tropical regions as the only item of clothing.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- matchlist — a list of names, telephone numbers, and related information compiled to help people find others who are willing to share a resource or service, as a car pool.
- microlith — a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, especially during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- neolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- oil patch — an area in which oil is produced.
- opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
- otolithic — Of or partaining to an otolith.
- patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phacolith — a layer of igneous rock, which has the structure of a lens, and which occurs in an invasive position in sedimentary rock
- phthiocol — a yellow crystalline substance, C 1 1 H 8 O 3 , produced by the human tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, having antibiotic and blood-clotting properties.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- rhyolitic — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- scheelite — calcium tungstate, CaWO 4 , usually occurring in tetragonal crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- scotophil — living and flourishing in darkness.
- slo pitch — slow pitch
- slo-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- soothlich — truly
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- tallchief — Maria, 1925–2013, U.S. ballet dancer.
- tchambuli — a member of an indigenous people of Papua New Guinea.
- technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- telestich — a poem in which the last letters of successive lines form a word, a phrase, or the consecutive letters of the alphabet.
- thalassic — of or relating to seas and oceans.
- theologic — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
- theriacal — of or relating to a theriac, a mixture once thought to be an antidote to poison such as snake venom or treacle
- thickleaf — any of various succulent plants of the crassulaceous genus Crassula, having sessile or short-stalked fleshy leaves
- thylacine — a wolflike marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, tan-colored with black stripes across the back: probably extinct.
- touchline — any of the outer lines bordering the playing field.