9-letter words containing c, a, l, i, e
- analgetic — a painkilling drug
- anciently — in ancient times
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- angelical — of or belonging to angels: the angelic host.
- angelicas — Plural form of angelica.
- anglicise — (transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
- anglicize — If you anglicize something, you change it so that it resembles or becomes part of the English language or English culture.
- anticline — a formation of stratified rock raised up, by folding, into a broad arch so that the strata slope down on both sides from a common crest
- antiulcer — acting against ulcers
- apiculate — (of leaves) ending in a short sharp point
- aplanetic — (esp of some algal and fungal spores) nonmotile or lacking a motile stage
- appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
- applicate — applied practicably
- aquiclude — any geological formation that absorbs and holds water but does not transmit it at a sufficient rate to supply springs, wells, etc.
- archilowe — a treat, such as a drink, given in return for something
- archilute — Alternative form of archlute.
- arecoline — a drug derived from betel nuts and producing a range of effects, including increased salivation, body temperature, and heart rate
- areflexic — Lb pathology Exhibiting, or relating to, areflexia.
- arsenical — of or containing arsenic
- ascetical — a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae
- asclepias — any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- backfield — the area behind the line of scrimmage from which the backfield begin each play
- backfiles — Plural form of backfile.
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- balconied — That has a balcony attached.
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- bc neliac — Version of NELIAC, post 1962. Sammet 1969, p.197.
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- bicameral — (of a legislature) consisting of two chambers
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- bile acid — any of various steroid acids, produced in the liver and stored with bile, that emulsify fats during digestion.
- billerica — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- binuclear — having two nuclei
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bivalence — the semantic principle that there are exactly two truth values, so that every meaningful statement is either true or false
- bivalency — Chemistry. having a valence of two. having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
- black ice — Black ice is a thin, transparent layer of ice on a road or path that is very difficult to see.
- black tie — A black tie event is a formal social event such as a party at which people wear formal clothes called evening dress.
- black-tie — requiring that guests wear semiformal attire, especially that men wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets: a black-tie dance.
- blackfire — a disease of tobacco, characterized by angular, dark lesions on the leaves, caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas angulata.
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles