9-letter words containing a, c, l, i
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- celibatic — of or relating to celibacy
- cellaring — Present participle of cellar.
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- centralia — a city in central Illinois.
- centrical — pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- cercarial — Relating to, or characteristic of cercariae.
- cerealist — a person who studies cereals and the conditions for their growth
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chainfall — a hand-powered hoist consisting of chains working on the pulley principle, used to lift and manoeuvre large heavy objects
- chainless — having no chain or chains
- chainlike — Having the form of a chain.
- chainlink — Wires woven in a zig-zag pattern.
- chainmail — Alternative spelling of chain mail.
- chairlady — chairwoman.
- chairlift — a series of chairs suspended from a power-driven cable for conveying people, esp skiers, up a mountain
- chalazion — a small cyst on the eyelid resulting from chronic inflammation of a meibomian gland
- chaliapin — Fyodor Ivanovich (ˈfjɔdər iˈvanəvitʃ). 1873–1938, Russian operatic bass singer
- chalkpits — Plural form of chalkpit.
- chalkrail — a troughlike molding or strip holding chalk, erasers, etc., under a blackboard.
- chalutzim — halutz.
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- chamomile — camomile
- champlain — Samuel de (samyɛl də). ?1567–1635, French explorer; founder of Quebec (1608) and governor of New France (1633–35)
- chantilly — a town in N France, near the Forest of Chantilly formerly famous for lace and porcelain. Pop: 10 902 (1999)
- chantlike — Resembling a chant.
- chaplains — Plural form of chaplain.
- charbroil — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- chargrill — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- charles i — title as Holy Roman Emperor of Charlemagne
- charolais — a breed of large white beef cattle that originated in France
- chatelain — the keeper or governor of a castle
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- checkrail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- chelating — Having the ability to undergo chelation.
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chelicera — one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws
- 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
- chemicals — the commercial production and sale of chemical products
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- cheralite — a rare monazite mineral consisting of thorium and calcium
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chic sale — an outside privy.
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers