9-letter words containing l, e, i, s
- bloquiste — (in Canada) a member or supporter of the Bloc Québécois
- blowiness — the quality or extent of being blowy
- blue lias — a type of rock composed of alternating layers of bluish shale or clay and grey argillaceous limestone
- blue lips — a plant, Collinsia grandiflora, of the figwort family, of western central North America, having short-stalked flowers with the upper lip purple or white and the lower lip blue or violet.
- blueshift — a shift in the spectral lines of a stellar spectrum towards the blue end of the visible region relative to the wavelengths of these lines in the terrestrial spectrum: a result of the Doppler effect caused by stars approaching the solar system
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- brasilein — brazilein
- briefless — (said of a barrister) without clients
- brineless — without brine
- bulkiness — of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size.
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- cagelings — Plural form of cageling.
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify.
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvities — baldness
- camellias — Plural form of camellia.
- camisoles — Plural form of camisole.
- canalised — to make a canal or canals through.
- canalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canalize.
- canistels — Plural form of canistel.
- canticles — Song of Solomon
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- capsulise — Alt form capsulize.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carnalise — sensualise
- cartelism — the practice of forming cartels
- cartelist — a member of a cartel, or a supporter of cartelism
- case file — a file kept on a person who is involved in a medical, legal, or social work investigation
- cassingle — a cassette single
- casualise — make (a regular employee) into a casual worker
- casualize — If a business casualizes its employees or casualizes their labour, it replaces employees with permanent contracts and full rights with employees with temporary contracts and few rights.
- catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cd single — a compact disk, usually three inches in diameter, containing one or two popular songs.
- celestial — of or in the sky or universe, as planets or stars
- celestine — celestite
- celestite — a white, red, or blue mineral consisting of strontium sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form: a source of strontium compounds. Formula: SrSO4
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- celsitude — the position or stance of dignity or loftiness
- celticism — a Celtic custom or usage.