9-letter words containing p, l, i
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- chippable — having the ability to be reduced to small pieces
- choplogic — excessively complicated argument
- cinephile — a person who loves films and cinema
- 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.
- clappings — Plural form of clapping.
- clapstick — A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
- clay pipe — a pipe whose bowl is made of fired clay
- cleft lip — a congenital split in the upper lip, often associated with a cleft palate
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- clickwrap — an agreement made by a computer user through clicking on a particular button onscreen
- clip bond — a form of brickwork raking bond for a facing of all stretchers, in which the stretchers are tied in to the backing every few courses by diagonally set bricks that project from the backing into angles made by cutting off the concealed corners of the face brick.
- clip-clop — the sound made by a horse's hooves
- 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.
- clippings — A small piece trimmed from something.
- clipsheet — a sheet of paper with text printed on one side only
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- coliphage — a bacteriophage
- compilate — (rare) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
- compilers — Plural form of compiler.
- compiling — Present participle of compile.
- complains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain.
- complaint — A complaint is a statement in which you express your dissatisfaction with a particular situation.
- compliant — If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.
- complicit — If someone is complicit in a crime or unfair activity, they are involved in it.
- compliers — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- complying — Present participle of comply.
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comptible — (obsolete) accountable; responsible.
- copiloted — Simple past tense and past participle of copilot.
- copiously — large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
- coprolite — any of various rounded stony nodules thought to be the fossilized faeces of Palaeozic-Cenozoic vertebrates
- coprolith — a hard stony mass of dried faeces in the intestine that is caused by chronic constipation
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- cow pilot — sergeant major (sense 3)
- crapelike — resembling crape
- crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
- crimplene — Crimplene is an artificial fabric used for making clothes which does not crease easily.
- cripplers — Plural form of crippler.
- crippling — A crippling illness or disability is one that severely damages your health or your body.
- crop milk — a liquid secreted in the crop of certain adult pigeons and fed to their newly hatched young.
- crumpling — Present participle of crumple.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- cryptical — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- cup final — the final of any cup competition
- cyclopian — having only one eye