9-letter words containing c, o, l, i, r
- inclosers — Plural form of incloser.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- inflictor — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- latrociny — banditry
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- liquorice — licorice.
- localizer — (computing) A person who localizes.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- lock rail — the rail of a door that meets the shutting stile at the level of the lock.
- 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)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- longicorn — having long antennae.
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- ludicrous — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- lyocratic — noting a colloid owing its stability to the affinity of its particles for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.
- macroglia — Any of various glial cells that are larger than microglia.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- microalga — Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microblog — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- microfilm — a film bearing a miniature photographic copy of printed or other graphic matter, usually of a document, newspaper or book pages, etc., made for a library, archive, or the like.
- microglia — Glial cells derived from mesoderm that function as macrophages (scavengers) in the central nervous system and form part of the reticuloendothelial system.
- microlite — any microscopic crystal.
- microlith — a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, especially during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times.
- microloan — a very small, short-term loan at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micrology — excessive attention to petty details or distinctions.
- 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.
- microslop — (company, abuse) A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
- microvolt — a unit of electromotive force or potential difference equal to one millionth of a volt. Symbol: μV, μ v.
- millocrat — a member of a government or ruling class of mill owners
- miscolour — (transitive) To give a wrong colour to.
- misoclere — hostile to clergy
- montclair — a city in NE New Jersey.
- multicore — (computer hardware, of a processor) Combining two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- nonracial — of or relating to the social construct of race: racial diversity; racial stereotypes.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- oil color — a paint made by grinding a pigment in oil, usually linseed oil.
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.