9-letter words containing e, c, l, a
- claretian — a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- clarifier — A clarifier is a vessel or stage in which remaining suspended solids are separated from a liquid to leave a clear overflow.
- clarifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clarify.
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
- clarities — clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- clarthead — a slow-witted or stupid person
- classible — able to be classed
- classiest — Superlative form of classy.
- classless — When politicians talk about a classless society, they mean a society in which people are not affected by social status.
- classmate — Your classmates are students who are in the same class as you at school or college.
- classtime — The time devoted to or prepared for a lesson at school or elsewhere; schooltime.
- clathrate — resembling a net or lattice
- clattered — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- clatterer — One who clatters.
- claudette — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- clavicles — Plural form of clavicle.
- clay pipe — a pipe whose bowl is made of fired clay
- claymores — Plural form of claymore.
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- clean-cut — Someone, especially a boy or man, who is clean-cut has a neat, tidy appearance.
- cleanable — the ability to be cleaned, especially easily or without damage: fabrics rated for their cleanability.
- cleanlier — Comparative form of cleanly.
- cleanness — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleanroom — A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices.
- cleansers — Plural form of cleanser.
- cleansing — serving or intended to cleanse
- cleanskin — an unbranded animal
- cleantech — (industry) Technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.
- cleanthes — ?300–?232 bc, Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school
- clear ice — glaze ice, especially on aircraft.
- clear off — If you tell someone to clear off, you are telling them rather rudely to go away.
- clear out — If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
- clear-cut — Something that is clear-cut is easy to recognize and quite distinct.
- clear-eye — the clary, Salvia sclarea.
- clearable — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- clearance — Clearance is the removal of old buildings, trees, or other things that are not wanted from an area.
- clearchus — died 401? b.c.; Spartan general
- clearcole — a type of size containing whiting
- cleareyed — having clear eyes or vision
- clearings — Plural form of clearing.
- clearness — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- clearskin — Cleanskin.
- cleartext — (cryptography) The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text.
- clearways — Plural form of clearway.
- clearweed — a plant from the nettle family
- clearwing — any moth of the family Sesiidae (or Aegeriidae), characterized by the absence of scales from the greater part of the wings. They are day-flying and some, such as the hornet clearwing (Sesia apiformis), resemble wasps and other hymenopterans