9-letter words containing g, l, c
- chinglish — written or spoken English that is influenced by Chinese vocabulary and grammatical structure and used primarily by native speakers of Chinese
- chirology — Palm reading.
- chiseling — a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- chitlings — the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.
- choirgirl — a girl who sings in a church choir
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- choplogic — excessively complicated argument
- chorology — the study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region
- chortling — to chuckle gleefully.
- chuckling — Present participle of chuckle.
- cigarillo — a small cigar often only slightly larger than a cigarette
- cigarlike — resembling a cigar
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- cladogram — a treelike diagram illustrating the development of a clade
- clamoring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.
- clappings — Plural form of clapping.
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- cleansing — serving or intended to cleanse
- clearings — Plural form of clearing.
- 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
- cleavaged — Having (a particular kind of) cleavage.
- cleavages — the act of cleaving or splitting.
- clenching — Present participle of clench.
- clergical — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; learned.
- clergyman — A clergyman is a male member of the clergy.
- clergymen — a member of the clergy.
- clerkling — a young or inexperienced clerk
- clientage — a body of clients; clientele.
- cliffhang — (of a serial or film) to end on a note of suspense
- clinching — Present participle of clinch.
- clingfilm — Clingfilm is a thin, clear, stretchy plastic that you use to cover food in order to keep it fresh.
- clingfish — any small marine teleost fish of the family Gobiesocidae, having a flattened elongated body with a sucking disc beneath the head for clinging to rocks, etc
- clippings — A small piece trimmed from something.
- clogdance — a folk dance characterized by heavy stamping steps, performed while wearing clogs
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- cloyingly — In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
- clutching — to hatch (chickens).
- coagulant — a substance that aids or produces coagulation
- coagulase — any enzyme that causes coagulation of blood
- coagulate — When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
- coaxingly — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- coccygeal — a small triangular bone forming the lower extremity of the spinal column in humans, consisting of four ankylosed rudimentary vertebrae.
- code flag — a flag forming part of a signal code.
- cogitable — conceivable
- cognately — In a way that is cognate.
- cogwheels — Plural form of cogwheel.
- col legno — to be played (on a stringed instrument) by striking the strings with the back of the bow
- 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)