9-letter words containing l, i, u
- caliculus — calyculus (def 1).
- call unix — (communications, tool) (cu) The original Unix virtual terminal utility. cu allows a user on one computer to log in to another connected via Ethernet, direct serial line or modem. It shares some configuration files with UUCP in order to be able to use the same connections without conflict.
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- callusing — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- canicular — of or relating to the star Sirius or its rising
- capitular — of or associated with a cathedral chapter
- capitulum — a racemose inflorescence in the form of a disc of sessile flowers, the youngest at the centre. It occurs in the daisy and related plants
- capsulise — Alt form capsulize.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form
- casualise — make (a regular employee) into a casual worker
- casualism — the doctrine that the existence and occurrence of everything is controlled by chance
- 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.
- cat-built — (of a sailing vessel) having a bluff bow and straight stern without a figurehead.
- caudillos — Plural form of caudillo.
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- caulfield — Patrick (Joseph). 1936–2005, British painter and printmaker
- cauliculi — plural form of singular cauliculus: another word for caulicle
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis
- causalgia — a burning sensation along the course of a peripheral nerve together with local changes in the appearance of the skin
- causalgic — relating to pain of the nerves
- causality — Causality is the relationship of cause and effect.
- cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
- cellulite — Cellulite is lumpy fat which people may get under their skin, especially on their thighs.
- celluloid — You can use celluloid to refer to films and the cinema.
- celsitude — the position or stance of dignity or loftiness
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- chalutzim — halutz.
- chill out — To chill out means to relax after you have done something tiring or stressful.
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- chuckling — Present participle of chuckle.
- churchill — a river in E Canada, rising in SE Labrador and flowing north and southeast over Churchill Falls, then east to the Atlantic. Length: about 1000 km (600 miles)
- churnmilk — buttermilk
- cilicious — made of hair
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- circuital — an act or instance of going or moving around.
- circulant — (mathematics) A circulant matrix.
- circulars — Plural form of circular.
- circulary — (obsolete) circular; illogical.
- circulate — If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
- cissexual — noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of that person’s biological sex.
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- clavicula — the clavicle
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- clinquant — glittering, esp with tinsel
- clitellum — a thickened saddle-like region of epidermis in earthworms and leeches whose secretions bind copulating worms together and later form a cocoon around the eggs
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.