9-letter words containing i, l, n
- cliffhang — (of a serial or film) to end on a note of suspense
- climbdown — A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- clinchers — Plural form of clincher.
- 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
- clinician — A clinician is a doctor who specializes in clinical work.
- clinitian — Misspelling of clinician.
- clinoaxis — in a monoclinic crystal, the lateral axis which forms an oblique angle with the vertical axis
- clinostat — an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants, usually a rotating disc to which the plant is attached so that it receives an equal stimulus on all sides
- clinquant — glittering, esp with tinsel
- clintonia — any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia, having white, greenish-yellow, or purplish flowers, broad ribbed leaves, and blue berries
- clip bond — a form of brickwork raking bond for a facing of all stretchers, in which the stretchers are tied in to the backing every few courses by diagonally set bricks that project from the backing into angles made by cutting off the concealed corners of the face brick.
- clippings — A small piece trimmed from something.
- cloisonne — a design made by filling in with coloured enamel an outline of flattened wire put on edge
- clonality — The fact or condition of being genetically identical, as to a parent, sibling, or other biological source.
- clonicity — of or relating to clonus.
- clonidine — a medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- clownlike — Resembling a clown or some aspect of clowns.
- cloyingly — In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- clutching — to hatch (chickens).
- cnidocils — Plural form of cnidocil.
- coachline — a decorative line on the bodywork of a motor vehicle
- coal mine — A coal mine is a place where coal is dug out of the ground.
- coalition — A coalition is a government consisting of people from two or more political parties.
- coalminer — One who mines for coal.
- coalmines — Plural form of coalmine.
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- coaxingly — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- cobalamin — vitamin B12
- cochineal — Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food.
- coin lock — a lock that is opened by the insertion of a coin.
- coitional — of or relating to coitus
- coleraine — a town in N Northern Ireland, in Coleraine district, Co Antrim, on the River Bann; light industries; university (1965). Pop: 24 089 (2001)
- collaging — Present participle of collage.
- collaring — Present participle of collar.
- collating — to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- collation — the act or process of collating
- collegian — a current member of a college; student
- colleting — a collar or enclosing band.
- colliding — Present participle of collide.
- collinear — lying on the same straight line
- collinses — Plural form of collins.
- collinsia — a North American plant of the scrophulariaceous genus Collinsia, having blue, white, or purple flowers
- collision — A collision occurs when a moving object crashes into something.
- collodion — a colourless or yellow syrupy liquid that consists of a solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol: used in medicine and in the manufacture of photographic plates, lacquers, etc