9-letter words containing c, i, u
- jaundices — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaundice.
- jocundity — the state or an instance of being jocund; gaiety.
- jouisance — joy; delight
- jubilance — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilancy — (rare) Jubilation.
- judaistic — an adherent or supporter of Judaism.
- judgmatic — judicious.
- judicable — capable of being or liable to be judged or tried.
- judicator — a person who acts as judge or sits in judgment.
- judiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- judicious — using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money.
- juice man — an extortionist.
- juiced up — intoxicated from alcohol; drunk: When arrested he was definitely juiced.
- juicehead — a heavy drinker of alcoholic liquor.
- juiceless — Without juice or sap.
- juiciness — The state of being juicy.
- junctions — Plural form of junction.
- juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- juristics — The theory of law, or its study.
- justiciar — a high judicial officer in medieval England.
- justicoat — justaucorps.
- kawaguchi — a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, N of Tokyo.
- kick turn — a turn from a stationary position in which a skier lifts one ski to a point where the heel is nearly at right angles to the snow, then faces the ski outward, sets it down in the direction to be turned, and swings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- kickabout — An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- kiss curl — lock of hair curled on forehead
- kiungchow — Qiongzhou.
- klendusic — resistant to disease
- knuckling — Present participle of knuckle.
- kosciusko — Thaddeus (Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kościuszko) 1746–1817, Polish patriot: general in the American Revolutionary army.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- kuchipudi — a form of S Indian classical dancing
- laconicum — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- launching — Present participle of launch.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- lemniscus — a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- lenticule — one of many tiny cylindrical or spherical lens segments embossed on the surface of a film used in stereoscopic and color photography.
- leucaemia — Alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leucippus — 5th century bc Greek philosopher, who originated the atomist theory of matter, developed by his disciple, Democritus
- leucistic — having reduced pigmentation in the skin but normally coloured eyes
- leucoline — quinoline.
- leukaemic — relating to, or affected by, leukaemia
- leviticus — the third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance. Abbreviation: Lev.
- licensure — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lilaceous — of or approaching the color lilac.
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface