9-letter words containing e, c, l, o
- 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.
- clearcole — a type of size containing whiting
- cleobulus — flourished 560 b.c, Greek sage and lyric poet, a native and tyrant of Lindus, Rhodes.
- cleopatra — a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
- clobbered — to paint over existing decoration on (a ceramic piece).
- clobberer — One who, or that which, clobbers.
- clockface — Alternative spelling of clock face.
- clocklike — as precise or regular as a clock
- clockwise — When something is moving clockwise, it is moving in a circle in the same direction as the hands on a clock.
- clodpated — stupid
- clogdance — a folk dance characterized by heavy stamping steps, performed while wearing clogs
- cloisonne — a design made by filling in with coloured enamel an outline of flattened wire put on edge
- cloisters — Plural form of cloister.
- clonidine — a medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure
- clonotype — (taxonomy) A herbarium specimen made from plants vegetatively propagated from (and thus clones of) the same plant from which a type specimen was made.
- close off — To close something off means to separate it from other things or people so that they cannot go there.
- close out — to terminate (a client's or other account) on which the margin is inadequate or exhausted, usually by sale of securities to realize cash
- close-run — If you describe something such as a race or contest as a close-run thing, you mean that it was only won by a very small amount.
- close-set — (esp of the eyes) positioned close together
- closeable — able to be closed
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- closehead — the entrance to a tenement close
- closeness — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- closeouts — Plural form of closeout.
- closetful — a quantity that may be contained in a closet
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- clottered — Simple past tense and past participle of clotter.
- cloud ear — tree ear
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- cloudless — If the sky is cloudless, there are no clouds in it.
- cloudlike — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- clouterly — clumsy
- clove oil — a volatile pale-yellow aromatic oil obtained from clove flowers, formerly much used in confectionery, dentistry, and microscopy
- clownlike — Resembling a clown or some aspect of clowns.
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
- clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.
- co-equals — equal with another or each other in rank, ability, extent, etc.: The two top students were coequal.
- co-relate — to correlate.
- coachable — capable of being coached
- coachline — a decorative line on the bodywork of a motor vehicle
- coagulase — any enzyme that causes coagulation of blood
- coagulate — When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
- coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
- coal mine — A coal mine is a place where coal is dug out of the ground.
- coal seam — a bed of coal.
- coalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of coalesce.
- coalescer — A coalescer is a vessel or stage which causes small drops of a liquid to come together and form a stream or form elements with a larger volume.