9-letter words containing c, o, r, e, l
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
- in clover — any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- inclosers — Plural form of incloser.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- 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.
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- la crosse — a city in W Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.
- lanceolar — (botany) lanceolate.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lectorate — a lecturer in a college or university.
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- liquorice — licorice.
- localizer — (computing) A person who localizes.
- 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)
- lockmaker — a person who makes locks
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- meroclone — (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a lower growth potential than a holoclone because it is a mixture of stem cells and differentiated cells.
- mescalero — a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- 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.
- misoclere — hostile to clergy
- mole crab — a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace.
- molecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- multicore — (computer hardware, of a processor) Combining two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit.
- necrology — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- neglector — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- neurocoel — the system of cavities of the embryonic brain and spinal cord.
- noncereal — not related to or derived from cereal products or industries
- nucleator — having a nucleus.
- nucleolar — of, relating to, or forming a nucleolus.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- olecranal — the part of the ulna beyond the elbow joint.
- olecranon — the part of the ulna beyond the elbow joint.
- opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- operculum — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- over-cool — moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
- overchill — to make too cold
- overcivil — too civil
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.