9-letter words containing a, c, e, l
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
- bleachery — a place where bleaching is carried out
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- blockable — able to be blocked or prevented
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- blockhead — a stupid person
- blue crab — any of a genus (Callinectes) of crabs, esp. a blue-legged, edible swimming species (C. sapidus) of the Atlantic coast of North America
- blue jack — a small salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, of the North Pacific coasts and also in the Great Lakes, where it was introduced: important as a game and food fish.
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- boneblack — a black residue from the destructive distillation of bones, containing about 10 per cent carbon and 80 per cent calcium phosphate, used as a decolorizing agent and pigment
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- bracknell — a town in SE England, in Bracknell Forest unitary authority, Berkshire, designated a new town in 1949. Pop: 70 795 (2001)
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- branchlet — a small branch
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- cabaletta — a short aria with a repetitive rhythm
- caballero — a Spanish gentleman
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- cable box — an electronic device that allows cable television channels to be viewed by a subscriber.
- cable car — A cable car is a vehicle for taking people up mountains or steep hills. It is pulled by a moving cable.
- cable tie — a plastic strip with serrations on one end that lock inside an opening on the other end, used to bind things together, especially wires: Wrap all of the cords behind your computer with a cable tie. Officers secured the suspect’s hands with cable ties when they apprehended him.
- cablecast — the transmission of a TV programme via a cable system
- cablegram — a message sent by undersea cable
- cablelaid — noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction; hawser-laid.
- cableways — Plural form of cableway.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cacomixle — Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- caecilian — any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil
- cagelings — Plural form of cageling.
- cailleach — an old woman
- cajeputol — cineole.
- cakeholes — Plural form of cakehole.
- cakewalks — Plural form of cakewalk.
- calaboose — a prison; jail
- calabrese — a variety of green sprouting broccoli
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calavance — any of several varieties of pulse yielded by plants of the genus Dolichos
- calcaneal — Anatomy. the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
- calcanean — Anatomy. the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- calcaneus — the largest tarsal bone, forming the heel in man
- calcarate — having a calcar
- calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
- calcedony — Alt form chalcedony.
- calcicole — any plant that thrives in lime-rich soils