9-letter words containing c, o, l, n
- clamoring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.
- claremont — a town in SW California.
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- clavation — the state of being clavate
- clavicorn — any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- cleanroom — A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices.
- climbdown — A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- clinoaxis — in a monoclinic crystal, the lateral axis which forms an oblique angle with the vertical axis
- clinostat — an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants, usually a rotating disc to which the plant is attached so that it receives an equal stimulus on all sides
- clintonia — any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia, having white, greenish-yellow, or purplish flowers, broad ribbed leaves, and blue berries
- clip bond — a form of brickwork raking bond for a facing of all stretchers, in which the stretchers are tied in to the backing every few courses by diagonally set bricks that project from the backing into angles made by cutting off the concealed corners of the face brick.
- clogdance — a folk dance characterized by heavy stamping steps, performed while wearing clogs
- cloisonne — a design made by filling in with coloured enamel an outline of flattened wire put on edge
- clonality — The fact or condition of being genetically identical, as to a parent, sibling, or other biological source.
- clonicity — of or relating to clonus.
- clonidine — a medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure
- clonotype — (taxonomy) A herbarium specimen made from plants vegetatively propagated from (and thus clones of) the same plant from which a type specimen was made.
- close-run — If you describe something such as a race or contest as a close-run thing, you mean that it was only won by a very small amount.
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- closeness — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- cloudland — region of dreams, imagination, or impractical speculation; visionary realm
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- clownlike — Resembling a clown or some aspect of clowns.
- cloyingly — In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.
- cnidocils — Plural form of cnidocil.
- coachline — a decorative line on the bodywork of a motor vehicle
- coagulant — a substance that aids or produces coagulation
- coal mine — A coal mine is a place where coal is dug out of the ground.
- coalition — A coalition is a government consisting of people from two or more political parties.
- coalminer — One who mines for coal.
- coalmines — Plural form of coalmine.
- coastland — the land fringing a coast
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- coaxingly — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- cobalamin — vitamin B12
- cochineal — Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food.
- cockleman — a man who collects cockles
- cocounsel — to counsel jointly
- coeternal — existing together eternally