9-letter words containing d, l, s
- bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
- bolstered — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- boundless — If you describe something as boundless, you mean that there seems to be no end or limit to it.
- brandless — having or displaying no brand
- breadless — without bread; without food
- broodless — with no brood
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- bull dust — fine dust
- cadastral — Surveying. (of a map or survey) showing or including boundaries, property lines, etc.
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- calendars — Plural form of calendar.
- calenders — Plural form of calender.
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- canalised — to make a canal or canals through.
- candlemas — Feb 2, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple: the day on which the church candles are blessed. In Scotland it is one of the four quarter days
- canoodles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canoodle.
- cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- cartloads — Plural form of cartload.
- caseloads — Plural form of caseload.
- catalysed — to act upon by catalysis.
- caudillos — Plural form of caudillo.
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- cd single — a compact disk, usually three inches in diameter, containing one or two popular songs.
- celsitude — the position or stance of dignity or loftiness
- chandlers — Plural form of chandler.
- chidlings — the intestines of an animal, esp a pig, prepared as food
- childless — Someone who is childless has no children.
- childness — the nature or character of a child
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- childship — The state or relation of being a child.
- chilidogs — Plural form of chilidog.
- chilopods — Plural form of chilopod.
- chiselled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiselled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chordless — Lacking chords.
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- 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.
- clackdish — a dish carried by a beggar
- cladistic — relating to the classification of species based on evolutionary ancestry
- class day — a day during the commencement season on which the members of the graduating class in U.S. colleges and schools celebrate the completion of their course with special ceremonies.
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- cliffside — The side of a cliff.
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- closehead — the entrance to a tenement close