9-letter words containing s, i, l, o
- colorists — Plural form of colorist.
- colorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colorize.
- colossian — a native or inhabitant of Colossae
- colostric — of or relating to the colostrum
- colourise — (UK) Alternative form of colorize (to add colour to).
- colourism — discrimination in which people are judged on the basis of their skin colour
- colourist — A colourist is someone such as an artist or a fashion designer who uses colours in an interesting and original way.
- coltishly — In a coltish manner.
- columnist — A columnist is a journalist who regularly writes a particular kind of article in a newspaper or magazine.
- comeliest — Superlative form of comely.
- compilers — Plural form of compiler.
- complains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain.
- compliers — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- concisely — expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse: a concise explanation of the company's retirement plan.
- conflicts — Plural form of conflict.
- consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- coolibahs — Plural form of coolibah.
- copiously — large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
- coquilles — any of various seafood or chicken dishes baked with a sauce and usually served in a scallop shell or a shell-shaped serving dish.
- corn silk — the silky tuft of styles and stigmas at the tip of an ear of maize, formerly used as a diuretic
- cornelius — a masculine name: fem. Cornelia
- 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
- coseismal — of or designating points at which earthquake waves are felt at the same time
- cosmoline — a substance obtained from petroleum that is similar to petrolatum and is applied to machinery, esp vehicles or weapons, in order to prevent rust
- costalgia — Pain in the ribs, or the costal muscles.
- costively — In a costive manner.
- costliest — costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
- coulisses — Plural form of coulisse.
- 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
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- 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.
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- 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.
- custodial — Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.
- cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
- cytolysin — a substance that can partially or completely destroy animal cells
- cytolysis — the dissolution of cells, esp by the destruction of their membranes
- cytosolic — of or relating to a cytosol
- daffodils — Plural form of daffodil.
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- daltonism — colour blindness, esp the confusion of red and green