9-letter words containing u, c, l, e
- cellarous — of, relating to or resembling a cellar
- cellhouse — a prison building containing separate cells, each usually intended for one or two prisoners.
- cellulase — any enzyme that converts cellulose to the disaccharide cellobiose
- cellulate — cellular.
- cellulite — Cellulite is lumpy fat which people may get under their skin, especially on their thighs.
- celluloid — You can use celluloid to refer to films and the cinema.
- cellulose — Cellulose is a substance that exists in the cell walls of plants and is used to make paper, plastic, and various fabrics and fibres.
- cellulous — consisting of or filled with cells
- celsitude — the position or stance of dignity or loftiness
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- cephalous — having a head
- chalumeau — an early reed instrument, the precursor of the clarinet
- chanceful — eventful
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
- chargeful — onerous; expensive
- chartulae — charta (def 2).
- chasubles — Plural form of chasuble.
- cheerfull — Archaic form of cheerful.
- chennault — Claire Lee [klair] /klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1890–1958, U.S. Air Force general.
- chequable — (finance, of an account) On which cheques can be drawn.
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- chevelure — the hazy or misty luminescence encircling a comet or star
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- choluteca — a city in S Honduras.
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- chuckhole — a pothole
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- circulate — If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
- cissexual — noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of that person’s biological sex.
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourer — One who clamours.
- claqueurs — Plural form of claqueur.
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- claudette — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- clean-cut — Someone, especially a boy or man, who is clean-cut has a neat, tidy appearance.
- clear out — If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
- clear-cut — Something that is clear-cut is easy to recognize and quite distinct.
- clearchus — died 401? b.c.; Spartan general
- cleobulus — flourished 560 b.c, Greek sage and lyric poet, a native and tyrant of Lindus, Rhodes.
- clitellum — a thickened saddle-like region of epidermis in earthworms and leeches whose secretions bind copulating worms together and later form a cocoon around the eggs
- 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-run — If you describe something such as a race or contest as a close-run thing, you mean that it was only won by a very small amount.
- closeouts — Plural form of closeout.
- closetful — a quantity that may be contained in a closet
- cloud ear — tree ear
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- cloudless — If the sky is cloudless, there are no clouds in it.
- cloudlike — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.