9-letter words containing r, o, l, i
- corraling — Present participle of corral.
- corvallis — a city in W Oregon.
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- coticular — of or relating to whetstones
- councilor — A councilor is a member of a local council.
- courbaril — a tropical American leguminous tree, Hymenaea courbaril. Its wood is a useful timber and its gum is a source of copal
- courtlike — reminiscent of the court in style or manner; elegant; courtly
- courtling — a fawning or sycophantic member of a royal court
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- creolized — (of a language) incorporating a considerable range of features from one or more unrelated languages, as the result of contact between language communities
- crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
- crinoidal — (zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.
- crinoline — A crinoline was a round frame which women wore under their skirts in the 19th century.
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- crocodile — A crocodile is a large reptile with a long body and strong jaws. Crocodiles live in rivers and eat meat.
- crokinole — a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs
- cronelike — Like a crone; old and withered.
- crop milk — a liquid secreted in the crop of certain adult pigeons and fed to their newly hatched young.
- crossbill — any of various widely distributed finches of the genus Loxia, such as L. curvirostra, that occur in coniferous woods and have a bill with crossed mandible tips for feeding on conifer seeds
- crossline — a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.
- crossrail — a horizontal slat forming part of the back of a chair.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- crow-bill — a type of forceps used to extract bullets, etc, from wounds
- crude oil — Crude oil is oil in its natural state before it has been processed or refined.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- curculios — Plural form of curculio.
- curiously — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- cursorial — adapted for running
- cursorily — going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article.
- cuticolor — of the color of flesh.
- cyclogiro — an aircraft lifted and propelled by pivoted blades rotating parallel to roughly horizontal transverse axes
- dado rail — a moulding at about waist height on an interior wall, used for decoration and to protect the wall
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- delirious — Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever.
- demiworld — demimonde (defs 4, 5).
- deploring — Present participle of deplore.
- despoiler — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- dilatator — (anatomy) A muscle that dilates any part; a dilator.
- dire wolf — an extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller brain than the modern wolf.
- discloser — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- discolors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discolor.
- discolour — Alternative spelling of discolor.
- disenroll — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- dissolver — One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates.
- doctorial — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.