9-letter words containing p, a, l, c
- cataplexy — sudden temporary paralysis, brought on by severe shock
- catapults — Plural form of catapult.
- catchpole — (in medieval England) a sheriff's officer who arrested debtors
- catchpoll — (formerly) a petty officer of justice, especially one arresting persons for debt.
- cd player — A CD player is a machine on which you can play CDs.
- cell pack — a container made of cellular plastic, as one used for holding flowers or plants.
- cephalate — (of living organisms) possessing a head or headlike feature
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- cephalous — having a head
- chaliapin — Fyodor Ivanovich (ˈfjɔdər iˈvanəvitʃ). 1873–1938, Russian operatic bass singer
- chalkpits — Plural form of chalkpit.
- champlain — Samuel de (samyɛl də). ?1567–1635, French explorer; founder of Quebec (1608) and governor of New France (1633–35)
- champleve — of or relating to a process of enamelling by which grooves are cut into a metal base and filled with enamel colours
- chaparral — (in the southwestern US) a dense growth of shrubs and trees, esp evergreen oaks
- chaplains — Plural form of chaplain.
- chapleted — wearing a wreath or garland on the head
- chapparal — Archaic spelling of chaparral.
- chapteral — of or pertaining to a chapter
- chipolata — a small sausage in a narrow casing
- chippable — having the ability to be reduced to small pieces
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- city plan — the developmental plan for a city or town arrived at through the process of city planning.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
- clapbread — a type of cake made from oatmeal
- clappings — Plural form of clapping.
- clapstick — A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
- classpath — (programming) an argument that tells the Java virtual machine where to look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.
- clay pipe — a pipe whose bowl is made of fired clay
- cleopatra — a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- clickwrap — an agreement made by a computer user through clicking on a particular button onscreen
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- clodpated — stupid
- cloth cap — A cloth cap is a soft flat cap with a stiff, curved part at the front called a peak. Cloth caps are usually worn by men.
- cloth-cap — pertaining to or characteristic of the working class.
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- cold pack — a method of lowering the body temperature by wrapping a person in a sheet soaked in cold water
- cold snap — A cold snap is a short period of cold and icy weather.
- cold-pack — to place a cold pack on: to cold-pack a feverish patient.
- coliphage — a bacteriophage
- collapsar — a collapsed star, either a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole
- collapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of collapse.
- collapses — Plural form of collapse.
- compactly — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- compilate — (rare) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
- complains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain.