9-letter words containing s, t, c, l
- chitlings — the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- cholecyst — the gallbladder
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- cladistic — relating to the classification of species based on evolutionary ancestry
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- claimants — Plural form of claimant.
- clapstick — A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
- clarities — clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- class act — If you describe someone or something as a class act, you mean that they are impressive and of high quality.
- classiest — Superlative form of classy.
- classmate — Your classmates are students who are in the same class as you at school or college.
- classpath — (programming) an argument that tells the Java virtual machine where to look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.
- classtime — The time devoted to or prepared for a lesson at school or elsewhere; schooltime.
- claustral — of or related to a cloister
- claustrum — a thin layer of grey matter in the brain
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- cleanthes — ?300–?232 bc, Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school
- cleverest — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- climatise — in Australia, adapt or become accustomed to a new climate or environment
- clinostat — an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants, usually a rotating disc to which the plant is attached so that it receives an equal stimulus on all sides
- clipsheet — a sheet of paper with text printed on one side only
- cloacitis — inflammation of the cloaca in birds, including domestic fowl, and other animals with a common opening of the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts
- cloisters — Plural form of cloister.
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- close out — to terminate (a client's or other account) on which the margin is inadequate or exhausted, usually by sale of securities to realize cash
- close-set — (esp of the eyes) positioned close together
- 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.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- 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.
- coastally — In a coastal manner.
- coastland — the land fringing a coast
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- coattails — If you do something on the coattails of someone else, you are able to do it because of the other person's success, and not because of your own efforts.
- cobaltous — of or containing cobalt in the divalent state
- cocklofts — Plural form of cockloft.
- cocktails — Plural form of cocktail.
- 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