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9-letter words containing t, h, e, c, l

  • lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
  • leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
  • leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
  • 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.
  • lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
  • 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.
  • lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
  • malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
  • matchable — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
  • matchless — having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable: matchless courage.
  • moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
  • nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
  • neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
  • 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.
  • neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
  • petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
  • phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
  • phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
  • photocell — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
  • phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
  • pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
  • plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
  • scatheful — causing harm or injury
  • scheelite — calcium tungstate, CaWO 4 , usually occurring in tetragonal crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
  • schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
  • splotches — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
  • stechhelm — a heavy German jousting helm of the 15th and 16th centuries, having a bluntly pointed front with a V -shaped vision slit.
  • stenchful — malodorous; foul-smelling
  • stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
  • tachylyte — a black, glassy form of basalt, readily fusible and of a high luster.
  • tallchief — Maria, 1925–2013, U.S. ballet dancer.
  • tea cloth — A tea cloth is the same as a tea towel.
  • teachable — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
  • teachably — in a teachable manner
  • teacherly — characteristic of or pertaining to a teacher; pedagogic.
  • teachless — without teaching
  • technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
  • tehuelche — a member of an Indian people of Patagonia.
  • telestich — a poem in which the last letters of successive lines form a word, a phrase, or the consecutive letters of the alphabet.
  • the cabal — a group of ministers of Charles II that governed from 1667–73: consisting of Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale
  • the cloth — the clothes worn by a clergyman
  • the elect — persons belonging to a specially privileged group
  • 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.
  • toolchest — a chest in which tools are kept
  • torchable — able to be torched or set alight
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