9-letter words containing l, o, i
- corbeling — the fashioning of corbels
- corbicula — pollen basket.
- cordelier — a Franciscan friar of the order of the Friars Minor
- cordially — courteous and gracious; friendly; warm: a cordial reception.
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- corivalry — joint or mutual rivalry
- corkingly — (informal) In a corking manner; splendidly.
- corn lily — any of several South African iridaceous plants of the genus Ixia, which have coloured lily-like flowers
- corn silk — the silky tuft of styles and stigmas at the tip of an ear of maize, formerly used as a diuretic
- corneille — Pierre (pjɛr). 1606–84, French tragic dramatist often regarded as the founder of French classical drama. His plays include Médée (1635), Le Cid (1636), Horace (1640), and Polyeucte (1642)
- cornelian — carnelian
- cornelius — a masculine name: fem. Cornelia
- cornfield — A cornfield is a field in which corn is being grown.
- cornicula — plural form of singular corniculum: small horn
- corniglia — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- corolline — relating to a corolla
- corraling — Present participle of corral.
- corvallis — a city in W Oregon.
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- coseismal — of or designating points at which earthquake waves are felt at the same time
- cosmoline — a substance obtained from petroleum that is similar to petrolatum and is applied to machinery, esp vehicles or weapons, in order to prevent rust
- costalgia — Pain in the ribs, or the costal muscles.
- costively — In a costive manner.
- costliest — costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
- coticular — of or relating to whetstones
- cotillion — a French formation dance of the 18th century
- coulibiac — a Russian dish of rich pastry with a filling of salmon or other fish and mushrooms, onions, egg, buckwheat, dill, etc.
- coulisses — Plural form of coulisse.
- coulombic — relating to the discoveries of Charles Augustin de Coulomb
- councilor — A councilor is a member of a local council.
- countline — (in the confectionery trade) a chocolate-based bar
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- courbaril — a tropical American leguminous tree, Hymenaea courbaril. Its wood is a useful timber and its gum is a source of copal
- courtlike — reminiscent of the court in style or manner; elegant; courtly
- courtling — a fawning or sycophantic member of a royal court
- covellite — an indigo-blue copper sulphide ore, often referred to as blue copper or indigo copper
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- cow pilot — sergeant major (sense 3)
- coyotillo — a thorny poisonous rhamnaceous shrub, Karwinskia humboldtiana of Mexico and the southwestern US, the berries of which cause paralysis
- creolized — (of a language) incorporating a considerable range of features from one or more unrelated languages, as the result of contact between language communities
- crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
- crinoidal — (zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.
- crinoline — A crinoline was a round frame which women wore under their skirts in the 19th century.
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- crocodile — A crocodile is a large reptile with a long body and strong jaws. Crocodiles live in rivers and eat meat.
- crokinole — a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs
- cronelike — Like a crone; old and withered.
- crop milk — a liquid secreted in the crop of certain adult pigeons and fed to their newly hatched young.
- crossbill — any of various widely distributed finches of the genus Loxia, such as L. curvirostra, that occur in coniferous woods and have a bill with crossed mandible tips for feeding on conifer seeds
- crossline — a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.