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9-letter words containing c, i, e, l

  • cliticize — to pronounce as part of a following or preceding word
  • clocklike — as precise or regular as a clock
  • clockwise — When something is moving clockwise, it is moving in a circle in the same direction as the hands on a clock.
  • cloisonne — a design made by filling in with coloured enamel an outline of flattened wire put on edge
  • cloisters — Plural form of cloister.
  • clonidine — a medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure
  • closeting — Present participle of closet.
  • clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
  • 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.
  • clove oil — a volatile pale-yellow aromatic oil obtained from clove flowers, formerly much used in confectionery, dentistry, and microscopy
  • clownlike — Resembling a clown or some aspect of clowns.
  • clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
  • clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
  • clumsiest — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
  • coachline — a decorative line on the bodywork of a motor vehicle
  • coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
  • coal mine — A coal mine is a place where coal is dug out of the ground.
  • coalfield — A coalfield is a region where there is coal under the ground.
  • coalminer — One who mines for coal.
  • coalmines — Plural form of coalmine.
  • coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
  • cobaltite — a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS
  • coccolite — a variety of pyroxene
  • cochineal — Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food.
  • cockatiel — A cockatiel is a bird similar to a cockatoo that is often kept as a pet.
  • coercible — to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
  • coercibly — in a coercible way
  • coevality — The condition of being coeval.
  • cogitable — conceivable
  • cohesible — capable of cohesion
  • colectivo — a small public bus.
  • coleraine — a town in N Northern Ireland, in Coleraine district, Co Antrim, on the River Bann; light industries; university (1965). Pop: 24 089 (2001)
  • 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
  • coliphage — a bacteriophage
  • coliseums — Plural form of coliseum.
  • collative — involving collation
  • collegial — of or relating to a college
  • collegian — a current member of a college; student
  • collegium — (in the former Soviet Union) a board in charge of a department
  • colletids — Plural form of colletid.
  • colleting — a collar or enclosing band.
  • colliders — Plural form of collider.
  • colligate — to connect or link together; tie; join
  • collimate — to adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
  • collinear — lying on the same straight line
  • collinses — Plural form of collins.
  • collisive — (obsolete) Colliding; clashing.
  • collusive — Collusive behaviour involves secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
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