9-letter words containing y, i, l
- catalytic — In chemistry, a catalytic substance or a substance with catalytic properties is a substance which increases the speed of a chemical reaction.
- cattishly — In a cattish manner.
- causality — Causality is the relationship of cause and effect.
- celebrity — A celebrity is someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
- celiotomy — laparotomy (def 2).
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- ceylonite — a dark blue or black form of spinel
- chairlady — chairwoman.
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- chantilly — a town in N France, near the Forest of Chantilly formerly famous for lace and porcelain. Pop: 10 902 (1999)
- chidingly — In a chiding manner.
- chirality — the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound
- chirology — Palm reading.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- chrysalis — A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult.
- circulary — (obsolete) circular; illogical.
- citizenly — Pertaining to citizens.
- city hall — The city hall is the building which a city council uses as its main offices.
- city plan — the developmental plan for a city or town arrived at through the process of city planning.
- civically — of or relating to a city; municipal: civic problems.
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- clay pipe — a pipe whose bowl is made of fired clay
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- clericity — the condition of being a clergyman
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- clonality — The fact or condition of being genetically identical, as to a parent, sibling, or other biological source.
- clonicity — of or relating to clonus.
- cloyingly — In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
- coaxially — in a coaxial manner
- coaxingly — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- coercibly — in a coercible way
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- collyrium — any medicated preparation for the eyes; eyewash
- coltishly — In a coltish manner.
- comically — producing laughter; amusing; funny: a comical fellow.
- complying — Present participle of comply.
- concisely — expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse: a concise explanation of the company's retirement plan.
- concyclic — (of a set of geometric points) lying on a common circle
- condignly — (especially of a punishment) appropriate.
- condyloid — of or resembling a condyle
- conically — Also, conical. having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a cone.
- copiously — large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
- cordially — courteous and gracious; friendly; warm: a cordial reception.
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- corivalry — joint or mutual rivalry
- corkingly — (informal) In a corking manner; splendidly.
- corn lily — any of several South African iridaceous plants of the genus Ixia, which have coloured lily-like flowers
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae