9-letter words containing l, y, d
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- class day — a day during the commencement season on which the members of the graduating class in U.S. colleges and schools celebrate the completion of their course with special ceremonies.
- clay road — an unsealed and unmetalled road in a rural area
- cleareyed — having clear eyes or vision
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- clydebank — a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)
- cold type — typesetting done by a method other than the casting of molten type
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- condignly — (especially of a punishment) appropriate.
- condyloid — of or resembling a condyle
- condyloma — a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis
- copyholds — Plural form of copyhold.
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- 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
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- cotyledon — a simple embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, which, in some species, forms the first green leaf after germination
- credibley — Misspelling of credibly.
- credulity — Credulity is a willingness to believe that something is real or true.
- crookedly — not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path.
- crowdedly — In a crowded manner.
- cuckoldly — having the qualities of a cuckold
- cuckoldry — the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- cycloidal — Pertaining to or resembling a cycloid; or a circle.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- cylindric — Of or relating to cylinders; shaped like a cylinder.
- cytocidal — capable of killing cells.
- dactylics — Plural form of dactylic.
- dactylist — someone who writes poetry in dactyls
- dairyland — an area or region specializing in dairy production, as Wisconsin and Minnesota in the U.S.
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- daly city — city in W Calif.: suburb of San Francisco: pop. 104,000
- damningly — in a damning manner
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- darlingly — in a darling or charming manner
- dartingly — In a darting manner; rapidly.
- dashingly — In a dashing manner.
- dastardly — If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
- dasypygal — (nonce) Having hairy buttocks.
- daubingly — in a coating or smearing manner
- davy lamp — an early safety lamp for miners, in which the flame was enclosed by wire gauze as a protection against firedamp
- day labor — workers hired on a daily basis only, especially unskilled labor.
- day pupil — a pupil at a boarding school who attends lessons during the day but does not sleep at the school
- day-clean — the time after first dawn when the sun begins to shine; clear daybreak
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.