9-letter words containing a, l
- ciliolate — covered with minute hairs, as some plants
- cimbaloms — Plural form of cimbalom.
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- circuital — an act or instance of going or moving around.
- circulant — (mathematics) A circulant matrix.
- circulars — Plural form of circular.
- circulary — (obsolete) circular; illogical.
- circulate — If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- cissexual — noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of that person’s biological sex.
- city hall — The city hall is the building which a city council uses as its main offices.
- city plan — the developmental plan for a city or town arrived at through the process of city planning.
- civically — of or relating to a city; municipal: civic problems.
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- civil law — Civil law is the part of a country's set of laws which is concerned with the private affairs of citizens, for example marriage and property ownership, rather than with crime.
- civil war — A civil war is a war which is fought between different groups of people who live in the same country.
- civilians — Plural form of civilian.
- clabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of clabber.
- clackdish — a dish carried by a beggar
- cladistic — relating to the classification of species based on evolutionary ancestry
- cladodial — resembling a cladode
- cladogram — a treelike diagram illustrating the development of a clade
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- claiborne — a male given name.
- claimable — Able to be claimed.
- claimants — Plural form of claimant.
- claimless — Having no claim.
- claimsman — an insurance adjuster, especially one dealing with casualty-insurance claims; claims adjuster.
- clam-flat — a level stretch of mud, exposed by the tide, where clams burrow.
- clam-like — resembling a clam
- clamantly — urgently
- clambakes — Plural form of clambake.
- clambered — an act or instance of clambering.
- clamberer — A person who clambers.
- clamoring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamorous — If you describe people or their voices as clamorous, you mean they are talking loudly or shouting.
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourer — One who clamours.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clamshell — a dredging bucket that is hinged like the shell of a clam
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.
- clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
- clapbread — a type of cake made from oatmeal
- clappings — Plural form of clapping.
- clapstick — A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
- claqueurs — Plural form of claqueur.
- claremont — a town in SW California.
- claremore — a town in NE Oklahoma.
- clarences — Plural form of clarence.