9-letter words containing r, e, l, c, t
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- deculture — to deculturate.
- deflector — A device that deflects something, in particular.
- derelicts — Plural form of derelict.
- dirichlet — Peter Gustav Lejeune [pey-tuh r goo s-tahf luh-zhœn] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, German mathematician.
- doleritic — Of the nature of dolerite.
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- electoral — Of or relating to elections or electors.
- electress — The wife of a German elector.
- electrets — Plural form of electret.
- electrics — All the electrical components and wiring of a machine or system.
- electrify — Charge with electricity; pass an electric current through.
- electrize — To electrify.
- electrode — A conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object, substance, or region.
- electrons — Plural form of electron.
- electuary — A medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance.
- elocutory — elocutionary
- erectable — Capable of being erected or raised up.
- eristical — Obsolete form of eristic.
- erratical — (rare) erratic.
- escalator — A moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, conveying people between the floors of a public building.
- etherical — relating to ether
- feliciter — happily; successfully
- fernticle — (obsolete, dialect, Scotland) A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern.
- flat race — a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.
- fleet car — A car that is bought as one of a number owned and operated by a particular company, e.g. as company cars
- fletchers — Plural form of fletcher.
- forecloth — a cloth hung over the front of something, esp an altar
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- fractable — a coping concealing the slopes of the roof, especially one having an ornamental silhouette.
- fractiles — Plural form of fractile.
- furcately — in a furcate manner
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- glycerite — a preparation of a medicinal substance dissolved in or mixed with glycerin.
- goldcrest — a Eurasian kinglet, Regulus regulus, having a bright yellow patch on the top of the head.
- graticule — Navigation. a network of parallels and meridians on a map or chart.
- heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- hillcrest — The crest of a hill.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- inculture — (obsolete) Lack or neglect of cultivation or culture.
- inflicter — One who inflicts.
- intercell — intercellular
- interclan — a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
- interclub — a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- interlace — progressive coding
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- lacerated — lacerated.
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.