9-letter words containing d, i, c
- churidars — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- cinctured — Simple past tense and past participle of cincture.
- cindering — Present participle of cinder.
- cinderous — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- circadian — of or relating to biological processes that occur regularly at about 24-hour intervals, even in the absence of periodicity in the environment
- circuited — Simple past tense and past participle of circuit.
- cirripede — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, including the barnacles, the adults of which are sessile or parasitic
- cirripeds — Plural form of cirriped.
- cisgender — of or relating to a person whose gender identity corresponds to their assigned birth gender
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- cissified — effeminate
- citigrade — relating to (fast-moving) wolf spiders
- city code — (in Britain) short for City Code on Takeovers and Mergers: a code laid down in 1968 (later modified) to control takeover bids and mergers
- city desk — the department of a newspaper office dealing with financial and commercial news
- city-bred — reared in a city.
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- civilised — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- civilized — If you describe a society as civilized, you mean that it is advanced and has sensible laws and customs.
- clackdish — a dish carried by a beggar
- cladistic — relating to the classification of species based on evolutionary ancestry
- cladodial — resembling a cladode
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- cliffside — The side of a cliff.
- climbdown — A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- 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.
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- clonidine — a medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- cloudlike — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- cnidarian — any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria, which comprises the coelenterates
- cnidocils — Plural form of cnidocil.
- cnidocyst — a nematocyst.
- co-driver — one of two drivers who take turns to drive a car, esp in a rally
- co-editor — a person who cooperates or collaborates as editor with another.
- coalfield — A coalfield is a region where there is coal under the ground.
- coccidium — any parasitic protozoan of the order Coccidia
- coccoidal — relating to a coccus
- codfishes — Plural form of codfish.
- codifiers — Plural form of codifier.
- codifying — Present participle of codify.
- codpieces — Plural form of codpiece.
- coexisted — Simple past tense and past participle of coexist.
- cogitated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogitate.
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- coiffured — Coiffured means the same as coiffed.
- coincided — to occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same relative position: The centers of concentric circles coincide. Our vacations coincided this year.