9-letter words containing o, n, l, i
- 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)
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- 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.
- cytolysin — a substance that can partially or completely destroy animal cells
- daedalion — a son of Lucifer who, despondent over the death of his daughter Chione, leaped off Parnassus: Apollo changed him into a hawk.
- 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)
- decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)
- 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.
- degloving — Present participle of deglove.
- deletions — Plural form of deletion.
- delmonico — club steak.
- delousing — Present participle of delouse.
- delusions — Plural form of delusion.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- demonlike — Resembling a demon in form or action.
- denominal — denominative (def 2).
- depletion — a depleting or being depleted
- deploring — Present participle of deplore.
- deploying — Present participle of deploy.
- 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
- devolving — Present participle of devolve.
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- diagonals — Plural form of diagonal.
- dial down — to reduce or become reduced
- dial tone — The dial tone is the same as the dialling tone.
- dialation — Misspelling of dilation.
- diclinous — (of flowering plants) bearing unisexual flowers
- dictional — of or relating to diction
- dilations — Plural form of dilation.
- dilutions — Plural form of dilution.
- diplontic — (of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form, except for the gametes, is diploid.
- diplotene — a late stage of prophase during meiosis, in which the chromatid pairs of the tetrads begin to separate and chiasmata can be seen.
- diplozoon — a type of parasitic flatworm that exists as a pair of worms fused together in an X shape. Diplozoa fuse after meeting as two juvenile individuals (genus Diporpae) and are parasitic on the gills of fish
- disenroll — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- divulsion — a tearing apart; violent separation.
- do a line — to associate (with a person of the opposite sex) regularly; go out (with)
- do nicely — If someone or something is doing nicely, they are being successful.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- dog latin — mongrel or spurious Latin.