9-letter words containing c, l, e, a
- carmelite — a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar
- carmelize — (US) Alternative form of caramelize.
- carnalise — sensualise
- carnalize — to sensualise
- carnelian — a red or reddish-yellow translucent variety of chalcedony, used as a gemstone
- carollers — a song, especially of joy.
- carousels — A merry-go-round.
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- carpooled — Simple past tense and past participle of carpool.
- carpooler — a member of a carpool
- carriable — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carrousel — carousel
- carryable — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carrytale — a gossipmonger
- 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.
- cartwheel — If you do a cartwheel, you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position.
- caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.
- case file — a file kept on a person who is involved in a medical, legal, or social work investigation
- caseloads — Plural form of caseload.
- cash sale — a transaction that specifies that securities must be delivered to the buyer on the day that the purchase is made
- casserole — A casserole is a dish made of meat and vegetables that have been cooked slowly in a liquid.
- cassingle — a cassette single
- cassoulet — a stew originating from France, made from haricot beans and goose, duck, pork, etc
- casteless — having no caste
- castellan — a keeper or governor of a castle
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- casualise — make (a regular employee) into a casual worker
- casualize — If a business casualizes its employees or casualizes their labour, it replaces employees with permanent contracts and full rights with employees with temporary contracts and few rights.
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
- cataloged — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- cataloger — a person, normally in a library, who catalogues literary materials
- catalogue — A catalogue is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library.
- catalysed — to act upon by catalysis.
- catalyser — Alternative form of catalyzer.
- catalyses — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- catalyzed — to act upon by catalysis.
- catalyzer — That which catalyzes.
- catalyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyze.
- cataplane — an aircraft designed to be launched by a catapult.
- cataplexy — sudden temporary paralysis, brought on by severe shock
- catcalled — a shrill, whistlelike sound or loud raucous shout made to express disapproval at a theater, meeting, etc.
- catcaller — a shrill, whistlelike sound or loud raucous shout made to express disapproval at a theater, meeting, etc.
- catchable — to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
- catchline — a slogan, esp one used in a political or advertising campaign