9-letter words containing d, i, e, l
- childline — a telephone helpline for children in distress or danger
- childness — the nature or character of a child
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- chillaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of chillax.
- chiselled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiselled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- 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.
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- cliffside — The side of a cliff.
- 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.
- coalfield — A coalfield is a region where there is coal under the ground.
- coleridge — Samuel Taylor. 1772–1834, English Romantic poet and critic, noted for poems such as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), Kubla Khan (1816), and Christabel (1816), and for his critical work Biographia Literaria (1817)
- colicweed — any of several plants of the genera Dicentra or Corydalis, such as the squirrel corn and Dutchman's-breeches: family Fumariaceae
- colletids — Plural form of colletid.
- colliders — Plural form of collider.
- colonised — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colonized — (of a territory) settled as a colony
- colorized — A colorized film is an old black and white film which has had colour added to it using a special technique.
- comedical — of, relating to, or of the nature of comedy.
- comingled — Simple past tense and past participle of comingle.
- condiddle — to steal
- copiloted — Simple past tense and past participle of copilot.
- cordelier — a Franciscan friar of the order of the Friars Minor
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- cornfield — A cornfield is a field in which corn is being grown.
- creamlaid — (of laid paper) cream-coloured and of a ribbed appearance
- credibley — Misspelling of credibly.
- credulity — Credulity is a willingness to believe that something is real or true.
- creolized — (of a language) incorporating a considerable range of features from one or more unrelated languages, as the result of contact between language communities
- crocodile — A crocodile is a large reptile with a long body and strong jaws. Crocodiles live in rivers and eat meat.
- crude oil — Crude oil is oil in its natural state before it has been processed or refined.
- cudgeling — a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- curlicued — Simple past tense and past participle of curlicue.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- daedalian — of Daedalus
- daedalion — a son of Lucifer who, despondent over the death of his daughter Chione, leaped off Parnassus: Apollo changed him into a hawk.
- dailiness — the quality or nature of being daily
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- daliesque — of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the surrealist art of Salvador Dali: giant advertising posters depicting Daliesque distortions of everyday objects.
- dalliance — If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
- dancelike — Having the characteristics of a dance.
- dandelion — A dandelion is a wild plant which has yellow flowers with lots of thin petals. When the petals of each flower drop off, a fluffy white ball of seeds grows.
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- darkslide — Alternative form of dark slide.