9-letter words containing s, o, l, i, c
- 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
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- delicious — very enjoyable; delightful
- diastolic — (of blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the interval between heartbeats.
- diclinous — (of flowering plants) bearing unisexual flowers
- diglossic — the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece.
- disclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of disclose.
- discloser — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- discloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disclose.
- discoboli — Plural form of discobolus.
- discoidal — Having the flat, circular shape of a disc or a quoit.
- discology — the study of gramophone records
- discolors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discolor.
- discolour — Alternative spelling of discolor.
- dishcloth — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- dishclout — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- dislocate — to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- dissocial — disinclined to or unsuitable for society; unsocial.
- domiciles — Plural form of domicile.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- ecologism — An ideology focusing on ecology and the environment.
- ecologist — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- elections — Plural form of election.
- enclosing — Present participle of enclose.
- epicotyls — Plural form of epicotyl.