9-letter words containing c, o, e, l, i
- ketolytic — the breaking down of ketones.
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- kilocycle — a unit equal to 1000 cycles: used especially in radio as 1000 cycles per second for expressing the frequency of electromagnetic waves; kilohertz. The term kilohertz is now preferred in technical use. Abbreviation: kc.
- lace into — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- laodicean — lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
- leucoline — quinoline.
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lidocaine — a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- lilaceous — of or approaching the color lilac.
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- line copy — a document, drawing, or the like, consisting of two tones, as black and white, without intermediate gradations. Compare halftone (def 1).
- linolenic — Of or pertaining to linolenic acid or its derivatives.
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- liquorice — licorice.
- livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
- localised — localisation
- localized — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- localizer — (computing) A person who localizes.
- localizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of localize.
- locatelli — Pietro [pee-ey-troh;; Italian pye-traw] /piˈeɪ troʊ;; Italian ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1695–1764, Italian violinist and composer.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
- lodicules — Plural form of lodicule.
- logaoedic — composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.
- logicless — Without logic; alogical or illogical.
- logiscope — Software quality analysis tools from Verilog SA, used to evaluate the quality of software, both statically (based on software metrics) and dynamically.
- logopedic — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- lovechild — A child born to parents who aren't married to one another.
- lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
- lysogenic — harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- meclozine — Meclizine.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- microlite — any microscopic crystal.
- micromole — (chemistry, physics) One millionth of a mole.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- misoclere — hostile to clergy
- molochise — sacrifice to deity
- molochize — to offer up or immolate to a god
- monocline — a monoclinal structure or fold.