9-letter words containing a, t, l
- 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
- clavation — the state of being clavate
- claw foot — a foot with claws.
- 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.
- cleantech — (industry) Technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.
- cleanthes — ?300–?232 bc, Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school
- clear out — If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
- clear-cut — Something that is clear-cut is easy to recognize and quite distinct.
- cleartext — (cryptography) The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text.
- cleithral — (of Greek temples) covered with a roof
- cleopatra — a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
- clericate — a clerical post
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- clickbait — a sensationalized headline or piece of text on the Internet designed to entice people to follow a link to an article on another web page.
- clientage — a body of clients; clientele.
- climactic — A climactic moment in a story or a series of events is one in which a very exciting or important event occurs.
- climatise — in Australia, adapt or become accustomed to a new climate or environment
- climatize — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- clinitian — Misspelling of clinician.
- clinostat — an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants, usually a rotating disc to which the plant is attached so that it receives an equal stimulus on all sides
- clinquant — glittering, esp with tinsel
- clintonia — any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia, having white, greenish-yellow, or purplish flowers, broad ribbed leaves, and blue berries
- clitellar — relating to the clitellum of earthworms
- cloacitis — inflammation of the cloaca in birds, including domestic fowl, and other animals with a common opening of the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts
- clodpated — stupid
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- clonality — The fact or condition of being genetically identical, as to a parent, sibling, or other biological source.
- cloth cap — A cloth cap is a soft flat cap with a stiff, curved part at the front called a peak. Cloth caps are usually worn by men.
- cloth-cap — pertaining to or characteristic of the working class.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- clubmates — Plural form of clubmate.
- co-relate — to correlate.
- coagulant — a substance that aids or produces coagulation
- coagulate — When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
- coalition — A coalition is a government consisting of people from two or more political parties.
- coastally — In a coastal manner.
- coastland — the land fringing a coast
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- coat-tail — the long tapering tails at the back of a man's tailed coat
- coattails — If you do something on the coattails of someone else, you are able to do it because of the other person's success, and not because of your own efforts.
- cobalt 60 — a radioactive isotope of cobalt having a mass number of 60 and a half-life of 5.2 years, used chiefly in radiotherapy.