9-letter words containing c, l, i, t, a
- inexactly — In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.
- inoculant — inoculum.
- inoculate — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- interclan — a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
- interlace — progressive coding
- intraclub — Within a club.
- italicise — to print in italic type.
- italicism — Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.
- italicize — to print in italic type.
- jacklight — a portable cresset, oil-burning lantern, or electric light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night.
- katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
- laccolith — a mass of igneous rock formed from magma that did not find its way to the surface but spread laterally into a lenticular body, forcing overlying strata to bulge upward.
- lace into — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- laciniate — cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.
- lactarian — lactovegetarian (def 1).
- lactating — to produce milk.
- lactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- lactivist — a person, esp a woman, who advocates strongly the breast-feeding of children, and is opposed to bottle-feeding
- lancinate — to stab or pierce.
- lantastic — (networking, product) A trademarked name for numerous products of Artisoft, Inc..
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- largactil — a brand of chlorpromazine used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antipsychotic
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- lateritic — a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- laticlave — (in ancient Rome) a broad purple stripe on the tunic of a Roman senator or high-ranking official, denoting their high social position
- latitancy — The act or state of lying hidden, or lurking.
- latosolic — belonging or relating to a latosol
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- latrociny — banditry
- latticing — a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- levitical — of or relating to the Levites.
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- lift cage — the box of a lift, in the form of an open framework
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- localists — Plural form of localist.
- locatelli — Pietro [pee-ey-troh;; Italian pye-traw] /piˈeɪ troʊ;; Italian ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1695–1764, Italian violinist and composer.
- locations — Plural form of location.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- loquacity — the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- 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).
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- luctation — an effort; a struggle