9-letter words containing a, l
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- claretian — a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- clarifier — A clarifier is a vessel or stage in which remaining suspended solids are separated from a liquid to leave a clear overflow.
- clarifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clarify.
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
- clarities — clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- clarthead — a slow-witted or stupid person
- class act — If you describe someone or something as a class act, you mean that they are impressive and of high quality.
- class day — a day during the commencement season on which the members of the graduating class in U.S. colleges and schools celebrate the completion of their course with special ceremonies.
- classbook — a book kept by a teacher recording student attendance, grades, etc.
- classible — able to be classed
- classic c — K&R C
- classical — You use classical to describe something that is traditional in form, style, or content.
- classiest — Superlative form of classy.
- classific — relating to classification
- classless — When politicians talk about a classless society, they mean a society in which people are not affected by social status.
- classmate — Your classmates are students who are in the same class as you at school or college.
- classpath — (programming) an argument that tells the Java virtual machine where to look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.
- classroom — A classroom is a room in a school where lessons take place.
- classtime — The time devoted to or prepared for a lesson at school or elsewhere; schooltime.
- classwork — school assignments done in the classroom
- clathrate — resembling a net or lattice
- clattered — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- clatterer — One who clatters.
- claudette — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- claustral — of or related to a cloister
- claustrum — a thin layer of grey matter in the brain
- clausular — relating to a clause
- clavation — the state of being clavate
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- clavicles — Plural form of clavicle.
- clavicorn — any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
- clavicula — the clavicle
- claviform — clavate
- claw back — If someone claws back some of the money or power they had lost, they get some of it back again.
- claw foot — a foot with claws.
- clawbacks — Plural form of clawback.
- clay pipe — a pipe whose bowl is made of fired clay
- clay road — an unsealed and unmetalled road in a rural area
- claymores — Plural form of claymore.
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- clean-cut — Someone, especially a boy or man, who is clean-cut has a neat, tidy appearance.
- cleanable — the ability to be cleaned, especially easily or without damage: fabrics rated for their cleanability.
- cleanlier — Comparative form of cleanly.
- cleanness — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleanroom — A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices.