12-letter words containing s, c, h, l, e
- charles epee — Charles Michel, Abbé de l', 1712–89, French priest and teacher of the deaf: pioneer in the development of sign language.
- charles viii — 1470–98, king of France 1483–98 (son of Louis XI).
- charles' law — the principle that all gases expand equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant pressure: also that the pressures of all gases increase equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant volume. The law is now known to be only true for ideal gases
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- cheerfulness — full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.
- cheerleaders — Plural form of cheerleader.
- cheese cloth — a lightweight cotton fabric of open texture.
- chef's salad — A chef's salad is a green salad with hard-boiled egg and strips of meat and cheese on top.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chelicerates — Plural form of chelicerate.
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- cheval glass — full-length mirror that can swivel
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- childishness — of, like, or befitting a child: childish games.
- chiliburgers — Plural form of chiliburger.
- chilien shan — Qilian Shan.
- chilli sauce — a highly seasoned sauce made of tomatoes cooked with chilli and other spices and seasonings
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chinese leaf — the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage
- chinese wall — a notional barrier between the parts of a business, esp between the market makers and brokers of a stock-exchange business, across which no information should pass to the detriment of clients
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
- chlorophytes — Plural form of chlorophyte.
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- chocolatiers — Plural form of chocolatier.
- choicelessly — In a choiceless manner.
- cholericness — The state or quality of being choleric.
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- chrome steel — any of various hard rust-resistant steels containing chromium
- chronologies — Plural form of chronology.
- chronologise — Alternative spelling of chronologize.
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- churlishness — The state of being churlish.
- clannishness — of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
- clapham sect — a group of early 19th-century Church of England evangelicals advocating personal piety, the abolition of slavery, etc
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- clean-shaven — If a man is clean-shaven, he does not have a beard or a moustache.
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- clipper ship — clipper (def 4).
- clipper-ship — a person or thing that clips or cuts.
- cliquishness — The state of being cliquish.
- cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
- close helmet — a completely closed helmet of the late 15th century and after, having a facial defense composed of a visor and beaver or of a visor, ventail, and beaver attached to a pivot on each side.
- close stitch — buttonhole stitch.
- close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible