9-letter words containing a, c, l, i
- italicism — Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.
- italicize — to print in italic type.
- jacklight — a portable cresset, oil-burning lantern, or electric light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night.
- jail cell — a small room in a jail where a prisoner is kept
- janiculum — a ridge near the Tiber in Rome, Italy.
- jicarilla — a member of a group of North American Indians who once inhabited primarily northern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado and are situated in northwestern New Mexico.
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- jubilance — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilancy — (rare) Jubilation.
- judicable — capable of being or liable to be judged or tried.
- juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
- king clam — geoduck.
- kirkcaldy — a city in SE Fife, in E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.
- knaidlach — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- la chaise — Père François d'Aix de [frahn-swa de duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa dɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1624–1709, French Roman Catholic priest: confessor to Louis XIV.
- laccolith — a mass of igneous rock formed from magma that did not find its way to the surface but spread laterally into a lenticular body, forcing overlying strata to bulge upward.
- lace into — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- lacinias' — Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- laciniate — cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- laconical — laconic.
- laconicum — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- laconisms — Plural form of laconism.
- lacrimary — of or relating to tears or the lacrimal glands
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- lactarian — lactovegetarian (def 1).
- lactating — to produce milk.
- lactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- lactivist — a person, esp a woman, who advocates strongly the breast-feeding of children, and is opposed to bottle-feeding
- laicizing — Present participle of laicize.
- laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- laid deck — a wooden deck having planking laid parallel to the sides of the hull so as to follow the curves toward the ends of the vessel.
- laid-back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- lancinate — to stab or pierce.
- lantastic — (networking, product) A trademarked name for numerous products of Artisoft, Inc..
- laodicean — lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
- lap child — a child who has not yet begun or has just begun to walk.
- lapidific — involved in or relating to the process of changing into stone
- laplacian — the operator ∂2/∂x2 + ∂2/∂y2 + ∂2/∂z2,
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- largactil — a brand of chlorpromazine used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antipsychotic
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.