9-letter words containing t, a, c, l, e
- applicate — applied practicably
- archilute — Alternative form of archlute.
- arcuately — In an arcuate way.
- ascetical — a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- autoclave — a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure
- autocycle — a bicycle powered or assisted by a small engine
- autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- beta cell — B cell (def 2).
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- black tea — tea withered and fermented before being dried by heating
- black tie — A black tie event is a formal social event such as a party at which people wear formal clothes called evening dress.
- black-tie — requiring that guests wear semiformal attire, especially that men wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets: a black-tie dance.
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- branchlet — a small branch
- cabaletta — a short aria with a repetitive rhythm
- cable tie — a plastic strip with serrations on one end that lock inside an opening on the other end, used to bind things together, especially wires: Wrap all of the cords behind your computer with a cable tie. Officers secured the suspect’s hands with cable ties when they apprehended him.
- cablecast — the transmission of a TV programme via a cable system
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- cajeputol — cineole.
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calcarate — having a calcar
- calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
- caldecott — Randolph1846-86; Eng. artist & illustrator: illustrated many books for children
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- calescent — increasing in heat
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- calixtine — a member of a body of Hussites in the 15th century holding that the chalice as well as the bread should be received by the laity in the Eucharist.
- call rate — the interest rate on a call loan
- call time — to suspend play temporarily
- callowest — Superlative form of callow.
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- calvities — baldness
- camel toe — the visual effect created when a woman's trousers cling too tightly to the crotch, emphasizing the shape of the pudenda
- camel-toe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- canaletto — original name Giovanni Antonio Canale. 1697–1768, Italian painter and etcher, noted particularly for his highly detailed paintings of cities, esp Venice, which are marked by strong contrasts of light and shade
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- candlelit — A candlelit room or table is lit by the light of candles.
- candlenut — a euphorbiaceous tree, Aleurites mollucana, of tropical Asia and Polynesia