9-letter words containing i, l, n
- chin ball — a device fastened under the chin of a bull to mark cows it has mounted
- china oil — a dark, molasseslike, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid having a warm, bitter taste, obtained from the leguminous tree, Myroxylon pereirae, of Central America: used in medicine, perfumery, and in the manufacture of chocolate.
- chinglish — written or spoken English that is influenced by Chinese vocabulary and grammatical structure and used primarily by native speakers of Chinese
- chisel in — to force oneself upon others without being asked or welcomed
- 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.
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- cholerine — (pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.
- chortling — to chuckle gleefully.
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- chronicle — To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
- chuckling — Present participle of chuckle.
- churnmilk — buttermilk
- ciliation — Lb biology Quality of having cilia.
- cine film — photographic film, wound on a spool, usually 8, 16, or 35 millimetres wide, up to several hundred metres long, and having one or two lines of sprocket holes along its length enabling it to be used in a cine camera
- cinephile — a person who loves films and cinema
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- circle-in — a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- circulant — (mathematics) A circulant matrix.
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- citizenly — Pertaining to citizens.
- city plan — the developmental plan for a city or town arrived at through the process of city planning.
- civilians — Plural form of civilian.
- civilness — of, relating to, or consisting of citizens: civil life; civil society.
- claiborne — a male given name.
- claimants — Plural form of claimant.
- claimsman — an insurance adjuster, especially one dealing with casualty-insurance claims; claims adjuster.
- clamoring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clappings — Plural form of clapping.
- 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.
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
- clavation — the state of being clavate
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- clavicorn — any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- cleanlier — Comparative form of cleanly.
- cleansing — serving or intended to cleanse
- cleanskin — an unbranded animal
- clearings — Plural form of clearing.
- clearskin — Cleanskin.
- 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
- clement i — Saint, called Clement of Rome. pope (?88–?97 ad). Feast day: Nov 23
- clenching — Present participle of clench.
- clerkling — a young or inexperienced clerk
- clew line — any of several lines fastened to the clews of a square sail and used for furling it
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- clientage — a body of clients; clientele.
- clientele — The clientele of a place or organization are its customers or clients.