9-letter words containing l, d, c
- celsitude — the position or stance of dignity or loftiness
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- chairlady — chairwoman.
- chalcedon — ancient Greek city on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium: site of the 4th ecumenical council, a.d. 451
- chandelle — an abrupt climbing turn almost to the point of stalling, in which an aircraft's momentum is used to increase its rate of climb
- chandlers — Plural form of chandler.
- chandlery — the business, warehouse, or merchandise of a chandler
- channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- chapleted — wearing a wreath or garland on the head
- cheerlead — to lead a crowd in formal cheers at sports events
- chidingly — In a chiding manner.
- chidlings — the intestines of an animal, esp a pig, prepared as food
- childcare — Childcare refers to looking after children, and to the facilities which help parents to do so.
- childfree — having no children; childless, especially by choice.
- childhood — A person's childhood is the period of their life when they are a child.
- childless — Someone who is childless has no children.
- childlike — You describe someone as childlike when they seem like a child in their character, appearance, or behaviour.
- childline — a telephone helpline for children in distress or danger
- childmind — To look after children while their parents are absent.
- childness — the nature or character of a child
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- childship — The state or relation of being a child.
- chili dog — a hot dog with chilli
- chilidogs — Plural form of chilidog.
- chillaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of chillax.
- chilopods — Plural form of chilopod.
- chiselled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiselled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chokehold — the act of holding a person's neck across the windpipe, esp from behind using one arm
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- chordless — Lacking chords.
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- civilised — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- civilized — If you describe a society as civilized, you mean that it is advanced and has sensible laws and customs.
- clabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of clabber.
- clackdish — a dish carried by a beggar
- cladistic — relating to the classification of species based on evolutionary ancestry
- cladodial — resembling a cladode
- cladogram — a treelike diagram illustrating the development of a clade
- clambered — an act or instance of clambering.
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
- clapbread — a type of cake made from oatmeal