9-letter words containing c, l, i, t, a
- anti-lock — designating or of an automotive braking system that prevents the wheels from locking during a sudden stop
- antiblack — showing discrimination against Black people
- antically — in a ludicrous or grotesque manner
- antichild — Opposing children.
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- anticline — a formation of stratified rock raised up, by folding, into a broad arch so that the strata slope down on both sides from a common crest
- anticling — of a nature that prevents clothes from clinging
- antiulcer — acting against ulcers
- apiculate — (of leaves) ending in a short sharp point
- aplanatic — (of a lens or mirror) free from spherical aberration
- aplanetic — (esp of some algal and fungal spores) nonmotile or lacking a motile stage
- apostolic — Apostolic means belonging or relating to a Christian religious leader, especially the Pope.
- applicant — An applicant for something such as a job or a place at a college is someone who makes a formal written request to be given it.
- applicate — applied practicably
- arc light — Arc lights are a type of very bright electric light.
- archilute — Alternative form of archlute.
- archivolt — a moulding around an arch, sometimes decorated
- articling — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- articular — of or relating to joints or to the structural components in a joint
- artifical — Misspelling of artificial.
- ascetical — a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- asystolic — Pertaining to asystole.
- at a clip — If something moves or happens at a fast clip, it moves or happens quickly.
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- atypicals — Plural form of atypical.
- auctorial — of or relating to an author
- autocidal — (of insect pest control) effected by the introduction of sterile or genetically altered individuals into the wild population
- autolytic — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
- auxilytic — promoting lysis or increasing lytic action.
- backlifts — Plural form of backlift.
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backlists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist.
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballistic — Ballistic means relating to ballistics.
- bicipital — having two heads
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- black pit — a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.
- black tie — A black tie event is a formal social event such as a party at which people wear formal clothes called evening dress.
- black-tie — requiring that guests wear semiformal attire, especially that men wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets: a black-tie dance.
- 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.
- 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.