9-letter words containing a, l, i, o
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- caledonia — Scotland
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- calimanco — calamanco.
- calimocho — a cocktail popular in Spanish-speaking countries, consisting of a mixture of cola and red wine
- caliology — the study of birds' nests
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callosity — hardheartedness
- calorific — The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains.
- camarillo — a city in SW California.
- camisoles — Plural form of camisole.
- canonical — If something has canonical status, it is accepted as having all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have.
- cantillon — Richard [ree-shar;; English rich-erd] /riˈʃar;; English ˈrɪtʃ ərd/ (Show IPA), c1680–1734, French economist, born in Ireland.
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- caprioled — Simple past tense and past participle of capriole.
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- carnaroli — a variety of short-grain rice used for risotto
- carolling — a song, especially of joy.
- catabolic — destructive metabolism; the breaking down in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones, with the release of energy (opposed to anabolism).
- catalogic — of the nature of or relating to a catalogue
- catalonia — a region of NE Spain, with a strong separatist tradition: became an autonomous region with its own parliament in 1979; an important agricultural and industrial region, with many resorts. Pop: 7 012 600 (2003 est). Area: 31 929 sq km (12 328 sq miles)
- catholics — Plural form of Catholic.
- caudillos — Plural form of caudillo.
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis
- cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
- 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.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- chalazion — a small cyst on the eyelid resulting from chronic inflammation of a meibomian gland
- chamomile — camomile
- charbroil — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- charolais — a breed of large white beef cattle that originated in France
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- 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
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
- chiliagon — a thousand-sided polygon
- china oil — a dark, molasseslike, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid having a warm, bitter taste, obtained from the leguminous tree, Myroxylon pereirae, of Central America: used in medicine, perfumery, and in the manufacture of chocolate.
- chipolata — a small sausage in a narrow casing
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- cholaemia — a toxic medical condition indicated by the presence of bile in the blood
- cholaemic — of or relating to cholaemia
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time