9-letter words containing i, r, e, c, l
- 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
- cleithral — (of Greek temples) covered with a roof
- clergical — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; learned.
- clericals — the distinctive dress of a member of the clergy
- clericate — a clerical post
- clericity — the condition of being a clergyman
- clerihews — Plural form of clerihew.
- clerklike — Resembling a clerk or some aspect of one; tidy, bureaucratic, etc.
- clerkling — a young or inexperienced clerk
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- clinchers — Plural form of clincher.
- clitellar — relating to the clitellum of earthworms
- cloisters — Plural form of cloister.
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
- coalminer — One who mines for coal.
- coercible — to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
- coercibly — in a coercible way
- coleraine — a town in N Northern Ireland, in Coleraine district, Co Antrim, on the River Bann; light industries; university (1965). Pop: 24 089 (2001)
- 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)
- colliders — Plural form of collider.
- collinear — lying on the same straight line
- coloniser — (British) alternative spelling of colonizer.
- colonizer — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colorized — A colorized film is an old black and white film which has had colour added to it using a special technique.
- colorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colorize.
- colourise — (UK) Alternative form of colorize (to add colour to).
- colourize — to add colour electronically to (an old black-and-white film)
- colubrine — of or resembling a snake
- compilers — Plural form of compiler.
- compliers — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- coprolite — any of various rounded stony nodules thought to be the fossilized faeces of Palaeozic-Cenozoic vertebrates
- coralline — of, relating to, or resembling coral
- corallite — the skeleton of a coral polyp
- corbeille — corbeil.
- corbeling — the fashioning of corbels
- cordelier — a Franciscan friar of the order of the Friars Minor
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- corneille — Pierre (pjɛr). 1606–84, French tragic dramatist often regarded as the founder of French classical drama. His plays include Médée (1635), Le Cid (1636), Horace (1640), and Polyeucte (1642)
- cornelian — carnelian
- cornelius — a masculine name: fem. Cornelia
- cornfield — A cornfield is a field in which corn is being grown.
- corolline — relating to a corolla
- courtlike — reminiscent of the court in style or manner; elegant; courtly
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- crapelike — resembling crape
- creamlaid — (of laid paper) cream-coloured and of a ribbed appearance
- creamlike — Resembling cream.