9-letter words containing c, o, l, n
- corraling — Present participle of corral.
- cosmoline — a substance obtained from petroleum that is similar to petrolatum and is applied to machinery, esp vehicles or weapons, in order to prevent rust
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- cotillion — a French formation dance of the 18th century
- cotyledon — a simple embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, which, in some species, forms the first green leaf after germination
- councilor — A councilor is a member of a local council.
- counseled — advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- counselee — a person who is being professionally counseled
- counselor — A counselor is a person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.
- countable — capable of being counted
- countably — in a countable manner
- countless — Countless means very many.
- countline — (in the confectionery trade) a chocolate-based bar
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- courtling — a fawning or sycophantic member of a royal court
- covalence — the number of pairs of electrons that an atom can share with its neighboring atoms
- covalency — the formation and nature of covalent bonds
- crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
- crinoidal — (zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.
- crinoline — A crinoline was a round frame which women wore under their skirts in the 19th century.
- crokinole — a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- cronelike — Like a crone; old and withered.
- crossline — a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crown law — criminal law
- crownland — a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
- crownless — Without a crown.
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- cut along — to hurry off
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cyclopian — having only one eye
- cyclotron — a type of particle accelerator in which the particles spiral inside two D-shaped hollow metal electrodes placed facing each other under the effect of a strong vertical magnetic field, gaining energy by a high-frequency voltage applied between these electrodes
- cynomolgi — plural form of singular cynomolgus: type of monkey
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cytolysin — a substance that can partially or completely destroy animal cells
- damoclean — a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- deceleron — (on a fixed-wing aircraft) a type of aileron that enables the aircraft to have a degree of control when it goes into a roll
- decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- delmonico — club steak.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- diclinous — (of flowering plants) bearing unisexual flowers
- dictional — of or relating to diction
- diplontic — (of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form, except for the gametes, is diploid.