9-letter words containing a, l, e, n, c
- covalency — the formation and nature of covalent bonds
- cracknels — crisply fried bits of fat pork
- crane fly — any dipterous fly of the family Tipulidae, having long legs, slender wings, and a narrow body
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- crenelate — to furnish with battlements or crenels, or with squared notches
- crenulate — having a margin very finely notched with rounded projections, as certain leaves
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- cubanelle — a long thin variety of sweet pepper
- culminate — If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
- cyan blue — a moderate greenish-blue to bluish-green color.
- cyclamens — Plural form of cyclamen.
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cyllenian — of or relating to Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Greece, or to the god Hermes, reputed to have been born there.
- dalliance — If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
- damoclean — a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- danceable — appropriate for or conducive to dancing: danceable music.
- dancehall — a style of dance-oriented reggae, originating in the late 1980s
- dancelike — Having the characteristics of a dance.
- day-clean — the time after first dawn when the sun begins to shine; clear daybreak
- de lancey — James, 1703–60, American jurist and politician in New York.
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- decennial — lasting for ten years
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- declarant — a person who makes a declaration
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- declinant — a person who is declining or diminishing in luck or wealth
- declinate — (esp of plant parts) descending from the horizontal in a curve; drooping
- demilance — A light lance; a short spear.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- divalence — the state of being divalent
- dodecanal — lauric aldehyde.
- downscale — located at, moving toward, or of or for the middle or lower end of a social or economic scale: The discount store caters mainly to downscale customers.
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- ear canal — auditory passage
- econazole — A particular kind of imidazole antifungal drug.
- elastance — (physics) An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.
- elegances — Plural form of elegance.
- elocation — (obsolete) A removal from the usual place of residence.
- emplacing — Present participle of emplace.
- enactable — Capable of being enacted.
- enceladus — a giant who was punished for his rebellion against the gods by a fatal blow from a stone cast by Athena. He was believed to be buried under Mount Etna in Sicily
- encephala — Plural form of encephalon.
- enchilada — A rolled tortilla with a filling typically of meat and served with a chili sauce.
- enchorial — Indigenous, native.
- enclasped — Simple past tense and past participle of enclasp.
- encodable — able to be encoded
- energical — Alternative form of energic.