9-letter words containing l, e, c, i
- bivalence — the semantic principle that there are exactly two truth values, so that every meaningful statement is either true or false
- bivalency — Chemistry. having a valence of two. having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
- black ice — Black ice is a thin, transparent layer of ice on a road or path that is very difficult to see.
- black tie — A black tie event is a formal social event such as a party at which people wear formal clothes called evening dress.
- black-tie — requiring that guests wear semiformal attire, especially that men wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets: a black-tie dance.
- blackfire — a disease of tobacco, characterized by angular, dark lesions on the leaves, caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas angulata.
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
- blue chip — Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable.
- blue-chip — of, relating to, or constituting a blue chip.
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- bricklike — resembling a brick
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- bullycide — the act or an instance of killing oneself intentionally as a result of bullying
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- cable tie — a plastic strip with serrations on one end that lock inside an opening on the other end, used to bind things together, especially wires: Wrap all of the cords behind your computer with a cable tie. Officers secured the suspect’s hands with cable ties when they apprehended him.
- cablelaid — noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction; hawser-laid.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cacomixle — Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- caecilian — any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil
- cagelings — Plural form of cageling.
- cailleach — an old woman
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
- calcicole — any plant that thrives in lime-rich soils
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- calcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify.
- calcifuge — any plant that thrives in acid soils but not in lime-rich soils
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls
- caledonia — Scotland
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- calixtine — a member of a body of Hussites in the 15th century holding that the chalice as well as the bread should be received by the laity in the Eucharist.
- call time — to suspend play temporarily
- caller id — A telephone that has caller ID displays the telephone number and name of the person who is calling you.
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvities — baldness
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- camellias — Plural form of camellia.
- camellike — resembling a camel
- camisoles — Plural form of camisole.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building