9-letter words containing n, a, i, l
- capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
- cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- carnalise — sensualise
- carnalism — the quality or state of being sensual
- carnality — pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
- carnalize — to sensualise
- carnaroli — a variety of short-grain rice used for risotto
- carnelian — a red or reddish-yellow translucent variety of chalcedony, used as a gemstone
- carnivals — Plural form of carnival.
- carolling — a song, especially of joy.
- carpingly — In a carping manner.
- cassingle — a cassette single
- castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
- catalonia — a region of NE Spain, with a strong separatist tradition: became an autonomous region with its own parliament in 1979; an important agricultural and industrial region, with many resorts. Pop: 7 012 600 (2003 est). Area: 31 929 sq km (12 328 sq miles)
- catchline — a slogan, esp one used in a political or advertising campaign
- cavallini — Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). ?1250–?1330, Italian fresco painter and mosaicist. His works include the mosaics of the Life of the Virgin in Santa Maria, Trastevere, Rome
- cavilling — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- celandine — either of two unrelated plants, Chelidonium majus (greater celandine) or Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine)
- cellaring — Present participle of cellar.
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- centralia — a city in central Illinois.
- centrical — pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chainfall — a hand-powered hoist consisting of chains working on the pulley principle, used to lift and manoeuvre large heavy objects
- chainless — having no chain or chains
- chainlike — Having the form of a chain.
- chainlink — Wires woven in a zig-zag pattern.
- chainmail — Alternative spelling of chain mail.
- chalazion — a small cyst on the eyelid resulting from chronic inflammation of a meibomian gland
- chaliapin — Fyodor Ivanovich (ˈfjɔdər iˈvanəvitʃ). 1873–1938, Russian operatic bass singer
- champlain — Samuel de (samyɛl də). ?1567–1635, French explorer; founder of Quebec (1608) and governor of New France (1633–35)
- chantilly — a town in N France, near the Forest of Chantilly formerly famous for lace and porcelain. Pop: 10 902 (1999)
- chantlike — Resembling a chant.
- chaplains — Plural form of chaplain.
- chatelain — the keeper or governor of a castle
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- chelating — Having the ability to undergo chelation.
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
- chilblain — Chilblains are painful red swellings which people sometimes get on their fingers or toes in cold weather.
- chiliagon — a thousand-sided polygon
- chin ball — a device fastened under the chin of a bull to mark cows it has mounted
- china oil — a dark, molasseslike, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid having a warm, bitter taste, obtained from the leguminous tree, Myroxylon pereirae, of Central America: used in medicine, perfumery, and in the manufacture of chocolate.
- 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.
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- ciliation — Lb biology Quality of having cilia.