9-letter words containing l, o, i
- crossrail — a horizontal slat forming part of the back of a chair.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- crow-bill — a type of forceps used to extract bullets, etc, from wounds
- crude oil — Crude oil is oil in its natural state before it has been processed or refined.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- curculios — Plural form of curculio.
- curiously — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- cursorial — adapted for running
- cursorily — going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article.
- custodial — Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.
- cuticolor — of the color of flesh.
- cyclogiro — an aircraft lifted and propelled by pivoted blades rotating parallel to roughly horizontal transverse axes
- cycloidal — Pertaining to or resembling a cycloid; or a circle.
- cyclolith — a stone circle
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyclopian — having only one eye
- cynomolgi — plural form of singular cynomolgus: type of monkey
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
- cytocidal — capable of killing cells.
- cytologic — of or relating to cytology
- cytolysin — a substance that can partially or completely destroy animal cells
- cytolysis — the dissolution of cells, esp by the destruction of their membranes
- cytolytic — the dissolution or degeneration of cells.
- cytosolic — of or relating to a cytosol
- dado rail — a moulding at about waist height on an interior wall, used for decoration and to protect the wall
- daedalion — a son of Lucifer who, despondent over the death of his daughter Chione, leaped off Parnassus: Apollo changed him into a hawk.
- daffodils — Plural form of daffodil.
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- daltonian — relating to John Dalton or his atomic theory
- daltonism — colour blindness, esp the confusion of red and green
- dandelion — A dandelion is a wild plant which has yellow flowers with lots of thin petals. When the petals of each flower drop off, a fluffy white ball of seeds grows.
- de molina — Tirso (ˈtirso). Pen name of Gabriel Téllez. ?1571–1648, Spanish dramatist; author of the first dramatic treatment of the Don Juan legend El Burlador de Sevilla (1630)
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decompile — Produce source code from (compiled code).
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- deflexion — deflection
- defluxion — anything that flows downwards
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- degloving — Present participle of deglove.
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- deletions — Plural form of deletion.