9-letter words containing clo
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- clouterly — clumsy
- clove oil — a volatile pale-yellow aromatic oil obtained from clove flowers, formerly much used in confectionery, dentistry, and microscopy
- clownfish — any of several brightly coloured striped fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- clownlike — Resembling a clown or some aspect of clowns.
- cloyingly — In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- cyclogiro — an aircraft lifted and propelled by pivoted blades rotating parallel to roughly horizontal transverse axes
- cycloidal — Pertaining to or resembling a cycloid; or a circle.
- cyclolith — a stone circle
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cyclopian — having only one eye
- cyclorama — a large picture, such as a battle scene, on the interior wall of a cylindrical room, designed to appear in natural perspective to a spectator in the centre
- cyclotome — a type of scalpel for performing a cyclotomy.
- cyclotomy — Surgery. incision of the ciliary muscle.
- cyclotron — a type of particle accelerator in which the particles spiral inside two D-shaped hollow metal electrodes placed facing each other under the effect of a strong vertical magnetic field, gaining energy by a high-frequency voltage applied between these electrodes
- 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.
- dishcloth — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- dishclout — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- dropcloth — A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
- dustcloth — a soft, absorbent cloth used for dusting.
- enclosing — Present participle of enclose.
- enclosure — An area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier.
- exclosure — An area from which unwanted animals are excluded.
- facecloth — washcloth.
- footcloth — a carpet or rug.
- forclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of forclose.
- foreclose — Law. to deprive (a mortgagor or pledgor) of the right to redeem his or her property, especially on failure to make payment on a mortgage when due, ownership of property then passing to the mortgagee. to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge).
- forecloth — a cloth hung over the front of something, esp an altar
- haircloth — cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
- headcloth — any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.
- holoclone — (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a higher growth potential than a meroclone because it does not contain differentiated cells.
- in clover — any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- inclosers — Plural form of incloser.
- inclosing — Present participle of inclose.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- loincloth — a piece of cloth worn around the loins or hips, especially in tropical regions as the only item of clothing.
- longcloth — a fine, white, cotton cloth, of plain weave; high-grade muslin.
- mccloskey — John, 1810–85, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: first U.S. cardinal 1875.
- meclozine — Meclizine.
- meroclone — (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a lower growth potential than a holoclone because it is a mixture of stem cells and differentiated cells.
- mortcloth — a funeral cloth spread over a coffin
- myoclonia — a disease characterized by myoclonus.
- myoclonic — Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden jerking motions.
- myoclonus — an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
- neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
- overclock — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.