9-letter words containing c, a, r, l, i
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- holarctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- icelander — a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.
- incurable — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- incurably — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- interclan — a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
- interlace — progressive coding
- intraclub — Within a club.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- jicarilla — a member of a group of North American Indians who once inhabited primarily northern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado and are situated in northwestern New Mexico.
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- kirkcaldy — a city in SE Fife, in E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lacrimary — of or relating to tears or the lacrimal glands
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- lactarian — lactovegetarian (def 1).
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- largactil — a brand of chlorpromazine used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antipsychotic
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- lateritic — a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- latrociny — banditry
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- lay vicar — a member of a cathedral choir appointed to sing certain parts of the services
- lcm chair — Eames chair (def 1).
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- liar dice — a gambling game in which the throw of five dice by each player is concealed from the opponent and bluffing is permitted
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- life-care — designed to provide for the basic needs of elderly residents, usually in return for an initial fee and monthly service payments: a life-care facility; life-care communities.
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- localizer — (computing) A person who localizes.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- lock rail — the rail of a door that meets the shutting stile at the level of the lock.
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.