9-letter words containing a, l, e, n, c
- incurable — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- indexical — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- inelastic — not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- inexactly — In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.
- inoculate — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- interclan — a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
- interlace — progressive coding
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- jane cowl — Jane, 1884–1950, U.S. actress and playwright.
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- jubilance — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- lace into — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lace-fern — a small, tufted fern, Cheilanthes gracillima, having dark-brown stalks and fronds about 4 inches (10.2 cm) long.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- laciniate — cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lancejack — a lance corporal
- lancelets — Plural form of lancelet.
- lanceolar — (botany) lanceolate.
- lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
- lancinate — to stab or pierce.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- laodicean — lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
- lap dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lap-dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- larvacean — Any of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- latescent — becoming latent
- launcelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- lemniscal — relating to a lemniscate
- lidocaine — a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- line call — the judgment of the umpire or linesman as to whether the ball has landed in or out of court
- long face — an unhappy or gloomy expression: He's been walking around with a long face ever since he failed the examination.
- luminance — brightness
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- maclennan — (John) Hugh, 1907–90, Canadian novelist and essayist.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.