9-letter words containing c, e, l, d, i
- childfree — having no children; childless, especially by choice.
- childless — Someone who is childless has no children.
- childlike — You describe someone as childlike when they seem like a child in their character, appearance, or behaviour.
- childline — a telephone helpline for children in distress or danger
- childness — the nature or character of a child
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- chillaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of chillax.
- chiselled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiselled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- civilised — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- civilized — If you describe a society as civilized, you mean that it is advanced and has sensible laws and customs.
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- cliffside — The side of a cliff.
- clonidine — a medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- cloudlike — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- coalfield — A coalfield is a region where there is coal under the ground.
- coleridge — Samuel Taylor. 1772–1834, English Romantic poet and critic, noted for poems such as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), Kubla Khan (1816), and Christabel (1816), and for his critical work Biographia Literaria (1817)
- colicweed — any of several plants of the genera Dicentra or Corydalis, such as the squirrel corn and Dutchman's-breeches: family Fumariaceae
- colletids — Plural form of colletid.
- colliders — Plural form of collider.
- colonised — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colonized — (of a territory) settled as a colony
- colorized — A colorized film is an old black and white film which has had colour added to it using a special technique.
- comedical — of, relating to, or of the nature of comedy.
- comingled — Simple past tense and past participle of comingle.
- condiddle — to steal
- copiloted — Simple past tense and past participle of copilot.
- cordelier — a Franciscan friar of the order of the Friars Minor
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- cornfield — A cornfield is a field in which corn is being grown.
- creamlaid — (of laid paper) cream-coloured and of a ribbed appearance
- credibley — Misspelling of credibly.
- credulity — Credulity is a willingness to believe that something is real or true.
- creolized — (of a language) incorporating a considerable range of features from one or more unrelated languages, as the result of contact between language communities
- crocodile — A crocodile is a large reptile with a long body and strong jaws. Crocodiles live in rivers and eat meat.
- crude oil — Crude oil is oil in its natural state before it has been processed or refined.
- cudgeling — a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- curlicued — Simple past tense and past participle of curlicue.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- dalliance — If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
- dancelike — Having the characteristics of a dance.
- decalcify — to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.