9-letter words containing c, u, l, i, n
- involucel — a secondary involucre, as in a compound cluster of flowers.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- janiculum — a ridge near the Tiber in Rome, Italy.
- jubilance — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilancy — (rare) Jubilation.
- klendusic — resistant to disease
- knuckling — Present participle of knuckle.
- laconicum — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- launching — Present participle of launch.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- lemniscus — a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- lenticule — one of many tiny cylindrical or spherical lens segments embossed on the surface of a film used in stereoscopic and color photography.
- leucoline — quinoline.
- licensure — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- locutions — Plural form of locution.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lucencies — shining.
- lucidness — the quality of being easily understood, completely intelligible, or comprehensible: She makes her argument with pointed logic and exemplary lucidity.
- luciferin — a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation.
- luck into — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- luckiness — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- luctation — an effort; a struggle
- lucullian — (especially of banquets, parties, etc.) marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.
- luminance — brightness
- luminesce — to exhibit luminescence.
- lunatical — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
- maclaurin — Colin, 1698–1746, Scottish mathematician.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- miniscule — minuscule.
- minuscule — very small.
- monticule — a subordinate volcanic cone.
- multician — (jargon, person) /muhl-ti'shn/ A term coined at Honeywell, ca. 1970 for a competent user of Multics. Perhaps oddly, no one has ever promoted the analogous "Unician".
- multiscan — (hardware) A monitor that can synchronise to a variety of horizontal scan rates and refresh rates, allowing it to display images at different resolutions.
- multisync — (hardware) An NEC trademark term for multiscan. As NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan monitors the term is often used interchangeably with multiscan.
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- muscle in — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- noctiluca — a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.
- nonpublic — Not open or available to the public.
- nucleoids — Plural form of nucleoid.