9-letter words containing c, l, e, r, u
- liquorice — licorice.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- luciferin — a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation.
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucretius — (Titus Lucretius Carus) 97?–54 b.c, Roman poet and philosopher.
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- lug screw — a small screw without a head
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- mccullers — Carson [kahr-suh n] /ˈkɑr sən/ (Show IPA), 1917–1967, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- mercyfull — Obsolete spelling of merciful.
- molecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- multicore — (computer hardware, of a processor) Combining two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neurocoel — the system of cavities of the embryonic brain and spinal cord.
- nucleator — having a nucleus.
- nucleolar — of, relating to, or forming a nucleolus.
- numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- operculum — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- overcloud — to overspread with or as if with clouds: a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
- parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pleuritic — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precluded — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- purulence — pus.
- quercitol — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
- quicklier — (rare, literary, dated) More quickly; with greater rapidity.
- reclusely — in a solitary or recluse manner, as or like a recluse; reclusively
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- reclusive — a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- reclusory — a recluse's dwelling or cell
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- recruital — an act of recruiting
- red cloud — 1822-1909; Dakota Indian chief
- reducible — capable of being reduced.
- refluence — flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
- relacquer — to apply a new coat of lacquer to (something)
- reluctant — unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
- reluctate — to show reluctance.
- reticular — having the form of a net; netlike.
- reticulum — any fine network, esp one in the body composed of cells, fibres, etc