| CHL | a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens |
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| CHL | an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification |
| CHL | an aqueous solution of chlorine used as a bleaching agent |
| CHL | tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass |
| CHL | perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States |
| CHL | perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill |
| CHL | unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores |
| CHL | type genus of Chlorococcales |
| CHL | a fluorocarbon with chlorine |
| CHL | a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3) |
| CHL | anesthetize with chloroform |
| CHL | an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) |