9-letter words containing a, l, n, c
- 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
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- dictional — of or relating to diction
- dilatancy — dilating; expanding.
- divalence — the state of being divalent
- docklands — An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- dodecanal — lauric aldehyde.
- dominical — of or relating to Jesus Christ as Lord.
- 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.
- dulcianas — Plural form of dulciana.
- duplicand — the twofold increase of feu-duty for the period of a year, or the feu-duty paid, as occasioned at specific times
- dynamical — Dynamic.
- 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.
- englacial — Situated, occurring, or formed inside a glacier.
- enranckle — to upset, make irate
- enucleate — Remove the nucleus from (a cell).
- esclandre — (archaic) Infamy.
- euclidean — (rare) alternative spelling of Euclidean.
- eulachons — Plural form of eulachon.
- evangelic — Evangelical.
- exultance — Exultation.
- exultancy — Exultance, exultation.
- face-nail — to secure with nails driven perpendicular to the surface. Compare toenail (def 4).
- faceplant — (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
- factional — of a faction or factions.
- falcation — the state of being falcate, a falcate appendage
- falchions — Plural form of falchion.
- falconers — Plural form of falconer.
- falconets — Plural form of falconet.
- falconine — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- falconoid — an antioxidant compound found in tea and thought to resist cancer
- fanatical — motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
- fanciable — Sexually attractive.
- fancifull — Archaic form of fanciful.