9-letter words containing n, e, o, c, l
- cholerine — (pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- chronicle — To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
- claiborne — a male given name.
- claremont — a town in SW California.
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- cleanroom — A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices.
- clogdance — a folk dance characterized by heavy stamping steps, performed while wearing clogs
- cloisonne — a design made by filling in with coloured enamel an outline of flattened wire put on edge
- clonidine — a medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure
- clonotype — (taxonomy) A herbarium specimen made from plants vegetatively propagated from (and thus clones of) the same plant from which a type specimen was made.
- close-run — If you describe something such as a race or contest as a close-run thing, you mean that it was only won by a very small amount.
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- closeness — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- clownlike — Resembling a clown or some aspect of clowns.
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.
- coachline — a decorative line on the bodywork of a motor vehicle
- coal mine — A coal mine is a place where coal is dug out of the ground.
- coalminer — One who mines for coal.
- coalmines — Plural form of coalmine.
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- cochineal — Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food.
- cockleman — a man who collects cockles
- cocounsel — to counsel jointly
- coeternal — existing together eternally
- cognately — In a way that is cognate.
- col legno — to be played (on a stringed instrument) by striking the strings with the back of the bow
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- cold tone — a bluish or greenish tinge in a black-and-white print.
- coleraine — a town in N Northern Ireland, in Coleraine district, Co Antrim, on the River Bann; light industries; university (1965). Pop: 24 089 (2001)
- collagens — Plural form of collagen.
- collegian — a current member of a college; student
- colleting — a collar or enclosing band.
- collinear — lying on the same straight line
- collinses — Plural form of collins.
- collonade — Alternative spelling of colonnade.
- colonelcy — the rank, position, or status of a colonel.
- colonised — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- coloniser — (British) alternative spelling of colonizer.
- colonises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colonise.
- colonized — (of a territory) settled as a colony
- colonizer — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colonnade — A colonnade is a row of evenly-spaced columns.
- colubrine — of or resembling a snake
- columbine — any plant of the ranunculaceous genus Aquilegia, having purple, blue, yellow, or red flowers with five spurred petals
- comingled — Simple past tense and past participle of comingle.