9-letter words containing s, e, l, c
- closehead — the entrance to a tenement close
- closeness — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- closeouts — Plural form of closeout.
- closetful — a quantity that may be contained in a closet
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- cloudless — If the sky is cloudless, there are no clouds in it.
- clubfaces — Plural form of clubface.
- clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
- clubmates — Plural form of clubmate.
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- clumsiest — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- clustered — If people or things are clustered somewhere, there is a group of them close together there.
- clutchest — to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
- co-equals — equal with another or each other in rank, ability, extent, etc.: The two top students were coequal.
- coagulase — any enzyme that causes coagulation of blood
- coal seam — a bed of coal.
- coalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of coalesce.
- coalescer — A coalescer is a vessel or stage which causes small drops of a liquid to come together and form a stream or form elements with a larger volume.
- coalesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coalesce.
- coalfaces — Plural form of coalface.
- coalhouse — a shed or building for storing coal
- coalmines — Plural form of coalmine.
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- cockerels — Plural form of cockerel.
- cocounsel — to counsel jointly
- coelostat — an astronomical instrument consisting of a plane mirror mounted parallel to the earth's axis and rotated about this axis once every two days so that light from a celestial body, esp the sun, is reflected onto a second mirror, which reflects the beam into a telescope
- cogwheels — Plural form of cogwheel.
- cohesible — capable of cohesion
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- cold case — a police inquiry that has been suspended with the crime still unsolved
- cold sore — Cold sores are small sore spots that sometimes appear on or near someone's lips and nose when they have a cold.
- coldhouse — an unheated greenhouse
- coldsleep — A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
- coleslaws — Plural form of coleslaw.
- coliseums — Plural form of coliseum.
- collagens — Plural form of collagen.
- collapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of collapse.
- collapses — Plural form of collapse.
- colleages — Misspelling of colleagues.
- colletids — Plural form of colletid.
- colliders — Plural form of collider.
- collinses — Plural form of collins.
- collisive — (obsolete) Colliding; clashing.
- collogues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collogue.
- collusive — Collusive behaviour involves secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- colluvies — a collection of filth or discharge
- colonised — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- coloniser — (British) alternative spelling of colonizer.