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9-letter words containing n, o, c, l, i, e

  • cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
  • 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.
  • corolline — relating to a corolla
  • 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
  • countline — (in the confectionery trade) a chocolate-based bar
  • crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
  • crinoline — A crinoline was a round frame which women wore under their skirts in the 19th century.
  • crokinole — a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs
  • cronelike — Like a crone; old and withered.
  • crossline — a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.
  • crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
  • cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
  • cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
  • decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)
  • delmonico — club steak.
  • demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
  • deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
  • do nicely — If someone or something is doing nicely, they are being successful.
  • echoingly — In an echoing way.
  • eco-bling — equipment that is energy-efficient but less effective than simpler technology
  • elections — Plural form of election.
  • elocation — (obsolete) A removal from the usual place of residence.
  • elocution — The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.
  • enchorial — Indigenous, native.
  • enclosing — Present participle of enclose.
  • encolpion — a religious symbol worn on the breast
  • epsilonic — Relating to epsilonics.
  • exclusion — The process or state of excluding or being excluded.
  • falconine — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
  • floricane — a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
  • genocidal — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
  • halocline — a well-defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water.
  • heliconia — any of a genus of tropical flowering plants with long flowering panicles
  • holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
  • in clover — any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
  • inclosers — Plural form of incloser.
  • inclosure — enclosure.
  • incomplex — Not complex; simple.
  • indolence — the quality or state of being indolent.
  • indolency — (obsolete) The lack of pain; absence of pain.
  • inoculate — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • insolence — contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
  • insolency — Quality of being insolent.
  • interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
  • invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
  • involucel — a secondary involucre, as in a compound cluster of flowers.
  • involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
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