9-letter words containing c, l, i
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- bracingly — strengthening; invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.
- branchial — of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish
- brickclay — any clay suitable for making bricks
- brickkiln — a kiln or furnace in which bricks are baked or burned.
- bricklike — resembling a brick
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- broccolis — a form of a cultivated cruciferous plant, Brassica oleracea botrytis, whose leafy stalks and clusters of usually green buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- buck slip — Informal. a paper attached to and showing the destination and source of an interoffice memorandum, file, or the like.
- buckishly — in a buckish manner
- bullfinch — A bullfinch is a type of small European bird. The male has a black head and a pinkish-red breast.
- bullycide — the act or an instance of killing oneself intentionally as a result of bullying
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- caballing — a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- cabbalism — cabala.
- 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.
- cablelaid — noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction; hawser-laid.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cacodylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the cacodyl group.
- cacomixle — Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- caecilian — any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil
- cagelings — Plural form of cageling.
- cailleach — an old woman
- calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calandria — a cylindrical vessel through which tubes pass, esp one forming part of an evaporator, heat exchanger, or nuclear reactor
- calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
- calcicole — any plant that thrives in lime-rich soils
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- calcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify.
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calcifuge — any plant that thrives in acid soils but not in lime-rich soils
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls
- calcining — Present participle of calcine.
- calciuria — (pathology) The presence of calcium salts in the urine (especially at an elevated level).
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- caledonia — Scotland
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
- calfskins — Plural form of calfskin.
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.