9-letter words containing l, i
- chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- chloritic — a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum, ferrous iron, and magnesium, occurring in green platelike crystals or scales.
- chlorosis — a disorder, formerly common in adolescent girls, characterized by pale greenish-yellow skin, weakness, and palpitation and caused by insufficient iron in the body
- chlorotic — an abnormally yellow color of plant tissues, resulting from partial failure to develop chlorophyll, caused by a nutrient deficiency or the activities of a pathogen.
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- choirgirl — a girl who sings in a church choir
- chokecoil — a type of electronic inductor
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- cholaemia — a toxic medical condition indicated by the presence of bile in the blood
- cholaemic — of or relating to cholaemia
- cholelith — a stone formed in the gall bladder by the accumulation of bile constituents
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- cholerine — (pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.
- chololith — cholelith.
- choplogic — excessively complicated argument
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chortling — to chuckle gleefully.
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- chronicle — To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- chrysalis — A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult.
- 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
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- cigarillo — a small cigar often only slightly larger than a cigarette
- cigarlike — resembling a cigar
- ciliation — Lb biology Quality of having cilia.
- cilicious — made of hair
- ciliolate — covered with minute hairs, as some plants
- cimbaloms — Plural form of cimbalom.
- cine film — photographic film, wound on a spool, usually 8, 16, or 35 millimetres wide, up to several hundred metres long, and having one or two lines of sprocket holes along its length enabling it to be used in a cine camera
- cinephile — a person who loves films and cinema
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- circle-in — a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- 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.
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- cissexual — noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of that person’s biological sex.
- citizenly — Pertaining to citizens.
- city hall — The city hall is the building which a city council uses as its main offices.