9-letter words containing s, i, l, u
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- buck slip — Informal. a paper attached to and showing the destination and source of an interoffice memorandum, file, or the like.
- buckishly — in a buckish manner
- bulbosity — the quality of being bulbous
- bulkiness — of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size.
- bullishly — in a bullish manner
- bullshits — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- bursarial — of, relating to, or paid by a bursar or bursary
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- caliculus — calyculus (def 1).
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- callusing — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- capsulise — Alt form capsulize.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form
- casualise — make (a regular employee) into a casual worker
- casualism — the doctrine that the existence and occurrence of everything is controlled by chance
- casualize — If a business casualizes its employees or casualizes their labour, it replaces employees with permanent contracts and full rights with employees with temporary contracts and few rights.
- caudillos — Plural form of caudillo.
- causalgia — a burning sensation along the course of a peripheral nerve together with local changes in the appearance of the skin
- causalgic — relating to pain of the nerves
- causality — Causality is the relationship of cause and effect.
- cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
- celsitude — the position or stance of dignity or loftiness
- cilicious — made of hair
- circulars — Plural form of circular.
- cissexual — noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of that person’s biological sex.
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- clumsiest — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- cokuloris — a palette with irregular holes, placed between lighting and camera to prevent glare
- coliseums — Plural form of coliseum.
- collusion — Collusion is secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- collusive — Collusive behaviour involves secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- colluvies — a collection of filth or discharge
- 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.
- columnist — A columnist is a journalist who regularly writes a particular kind of article in a newspaper or magazine.
- 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.
- cornelius — a masculine name: fem. Cornelia
- coulisses — Plural form of coulisse.
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- crucibles — Plural form of crucible.
- cruelties — Plural form of cruelty.