9-letter words containing c, o, r, e, l
- overclass — a social stratum consisting of educated and wealthy people considered to control the economic power of a country.
- overclean — too clean
- overclear — too clear
- overclock — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overclose — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- overcloud — to overspread with or as if with clouds: a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
- overcolor — (transitive) alternative spelling of overcolour.
- overscale — larger or more extensive than normal or usual; outsize; oversize.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- procellas — pucellas.
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- prolicide — the killing of one's child.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- quercitol — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
- re-locate — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- reblochon — a soft French cheese
- recatalog — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- reclusory — a recluse's dwelling or cell
- recoiling — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- recollect — to collect, gather, or assemble again (something scattered).
- recompile — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- reconceal — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- reconcile — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- reconsole — to console (someone) again
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- rectocele — a hernia of the rectum into the vagina.
- red cloud — 1822-1909; Dakota Indian chief
- red coral — any of several alcyonarian corals of the genus Corallium, as C. nobile, of the Mediterranean Sea, having a red or pink skeleton, used for jewelry.
- redolence — having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
- reflector — a person or thing that reflects.
- reliction — the process by which water recedes over time, changing the waterline and leaving land permanently exposed
- relocatee — someone who is relocated or moved to a new location
- relocator — a program designed to transfer files from one computer to another
- resolicit — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- revocable — that may be revoked.
- revocably — that may be revoked.