9-letter words containing a, h, o, l
- charcoals — Plural form of charcoal.
- charcoaly — resembling charcoal
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- charleton — a male given name.
- charlotte — a baked dessert served hot or cold, commonly made with fruit and layers or a casing of bread or cake crumbs, sponge cake, etc
- charolais — a breed of large white beef cattle that originated in France
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chelators — Plural form of chelator.
- chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
- chiliagon — a thousand-sided polygon
- china oil — a dark, molasseslike, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid having a warm, bitter taste, obtained from the leguminous tree, Myroxylon pereirae, of Central America: used in medicine, perfumery, and in the manufacture of chocolate.
- chipolata — a small sausage in a narrow casing
- chloracne — a disfiguring skin disease that results from contact with or ingestion or inhalation of certain chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chlorella — any microscopic unicellular green alga of the genus Chlorella: some species are used in the preparation of human food
- chocolate — Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet.
- chocolaty — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- chokeable — to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- chokeslam — A wrestling move in which someone is picked up by their neck and is driven into the mat.
- cholaemia — a toxic medical condition indicated by the presence of bile in the blood
- cholaemic — of or relating to cholaemia
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- choluteca — a city in S Honduras.
- choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chow hall — canteen, refectory
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- 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.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- 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
- cochineal — Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food.
- cochleate — shaped like a snail's shell; spirally twisted
- colcothar — a finely powdered form of ferric oxide produced by heating ferric sulphate and used as a pigment and as jewellers' rouge
- cold cash — money paid in full at the time of a business transaction
- coliphage — a bacteriophage
- coolibahs — Plural form of coolibah.
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly