9-letter words containing c, i, t, l
- blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
- blacktail — a variety of mule deer having a black tail
- blitz can — Military. jerry can (def 1).
- blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- block tin — pure tin, esp when cast into ingots
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- cabbalist — cabala.
- cable tie — a plastic strip with serrations on one end that lock inside an opening on the other end, used to bind things together, especially wires: Wrap all of the cords behind your computer with a cable tie. Officers secured the suspect’s hands with cable ties when they apprehended him.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- calixtine — a member of a body of Hussites in the 15th century holding that the chalice as well as the bread should be received by the laity in the Eucharist.
- call time — to suspend play temporarily
- callidity — cunning or slyness
- callosity — hardheartedness
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calvinist — Calvinist means belonging or relating to a strict Protestant church started by John Calvin.
- calvities — baldness
- candlelit — A candlelit room or table is lit by the light of candles.
- canistels — Plural form of canistel.
- cantabile — (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously
- canticles — Song of Solomon
- cantilena — a smooth flowing style in the writing of vocal music
- cantillon — Richard [ree-shar;; English rich-erd] /riˈʃar;; English ˈrɪtʃ ərd/ (Show IPA), c1680–1734, French economist, born in Ireland.
- cantingly — In a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation.
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
- capitally — in an excellent manner; admirably
- capitular — of or associated with a cathedral chapter
- capitulum — a racemose inflorescence in the form of a disc of sessile flowers, the youngest at the centre. It occurs in the daisy and related plants
- captively — In a captive manner.
- captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
- carmelite — a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar
- carnality — pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
- cartelism — the practice of forming cartels
- cartelist — a member of a cartel, or a supporter of cartelism
- cartelize — to form or be formed into a cartel
- cartilage — Cartilage is a strong, flexible substance in your body, especially around your joints and in your nose.
- castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
- cat-built — (of a sailing vessel) having a bluff bow and straight stern without a figurehead.
- catabolic — destructive metabolism; the breaking down in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones, with the release of energy (opposed to anabolism).
- catalatic — of or relating to catalase
- catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
- catalogic — of the nature of or relating to a catalogue
- catalonia — a region of NE Spain, with a strong separatist tradition: became an autonomous region with its own parliament in 1979; an important agricultural and industrial region, with many resorts. Pop: 7 012 600 (2003 est). Area: 31 929 sq km (12 328 sq miles)
- catalysis — Catalysis is the speeding up of a chemical reaction by adding a catalyst to it.
- catalytic — In chemistry, a catalytic substance or a substance with catalytic properties is a substance which increases the speed of a chemical reaction.