9-letter words containing l, i
- buildable — suitable for building on
- builddown — a planned numerical reduction, esp of nuclear weapons where, for every new weapon built, two or more older weapons are destroyed
- bulb mite — a widespread mite, Rhizaglophus eclinops, that tunnels in the bulbs of lilies and other plants
- bulbosity — the quality of being bulbous
- bulgarian — Bulgarian means belonging or relating to Bulgaria, or to its people, language, or culture.
- bulk-mail — to mail as bulk mail.
- bulkiness — of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size.
- bull-ring — an arena for a bullfight.
- bullarium — a collection of papal bulls.
- bullbrier — a prickly vine of the genus Smilax, with small green flowers and inedible black berries
- bulleting — a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
- bullfight — A bullfight is a public entertainment in which people fight and kill bulls. Bullfights take place in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
- bullfinch — A bullfinch is a type of small European bird. The male has a black head and a pinkish-red breast.
- bullishly — in a bullish manner
- bullshits — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- bullycide — the act or an instance of killing oneself intentionally as a result of bullying
- bumpkinly — like a bumpkin
- bungaloid — resembling a bungalow or bungalows or characterized by bungalows or structures resembling bungalows
- bursarial — of, relating to, or paid by a bursar or bursary
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- buthelezi — Mangosouthu Gatsha (ˌmæŋɡəʊˈsuːtuː ˈɡætʃə), known as Chief Buthelezi. born 1928, Zulu leader, chief minister of the KwaZulu territory of South Africa from 1970 until its abolition in 1994; founder of the Inkatha movement and advocate of Zulu autonomy; minister of home affairs (1994–2004)
- butt-dial — Also, butt dial. a call made in this way: Sorry, it must have been a butt-dial.
- buzzingly — in a buzzing manner
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- caballing — a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- cabbalism — cabala.
- cabbalist — cabala.
- 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.
- cacodylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the cacodyl group.
- cacomixle — Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- 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
- calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calandria — a cylindrical vessel through which tubes pass, esp one forming part of an evaporator, heat exchanger, or nuclear reactor
- 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.
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calcifuge — any plant that thrives in acid soils but not in lime-rich soils
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls