9-letter words containing e, c, a, l, r
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- mescalero — a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- mill-race — the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.
- millraces — (archaic) Plural form of millrace.
- mole crab — a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace.
- molecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- mr. clean — an actual or idealized person with an impeccable record, reputation, or image, especially a politician (sometimes used with Miss, Ms., or Mrs. instead of Mr. when referring to a female).
- nectareal — of, relating to, or resembling nectar
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- noncereal — not related to or derived from cereal products or industries
- nucleator — having a nucleus.
- nucleolar — of, relating to, or forming a nucleolus.
- numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- olecranal — the part of the ulna beyond the elbow joint.
- olecranon — the part of the ulna beyond the elbow joint.
- opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- 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
- overscale — larger or more extensive than normal or usual; outsize; oversize.
- paperclip — a flat wire or plastic clip shaped so that it can hold sheets of paper between two of its loops.
- paraclete — an advocate or intercessor.
- parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parcelled — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parchedly — in a parched manner
- parfleche — a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- perceable — pierceable
- percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- 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.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- pre-clean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion