9-letter words containing a, b, e, c
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buck bean — a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers.
- buckwheat — Buckwheat is a type of small black grain used for feeding animals and making flour. Buckwheat also refers to the flour itself.
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- busticate — to break
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- c battery — the power source for biasing the control-grid electrodes of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment
- cabaletta — a short aria with a repetitive rhythm
- caballero — a Spanish gentleman
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cabinmate — a person with whom one shares a cabin
- cable box — an electronic device that allows cable television channels to be viewed by a subscriber.
- cable car — A cable car is a vehicle for taking people up mountains or steep hills. It is pulled by a moving cable.
- 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
- cablegram — a message sent by undersea cable
- cablelaid — noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction; hawser-laid.
- cableways — Plural form of cableway.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cage bird — a pet bird kept in a cage
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- calaboose — a prison; jail
- calabrese — a variety of green sprouting broccoli
- calembour — a pun
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- camelback — a locomotive having its cab situated astride the boiler, halfway along it, rather than at the rear of the boiler
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- canberran — a native or inhabitant of Canberra
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- canebrake — a thicket of canes
- canebreak — Alternative spelling of canebrake.
- canoeable — (of a river, etc) able to be navigated in a canoe
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- cantabile — (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously
- carabiner — in mountain climbing, an oval metal ring with a snap link used to fasten a rope to the piton
- carambole — to make a carom
- carbamate — a salt or ester of carbamic acid. The salts contain the monovalent ion NH2COO–, and the esters contain the group NH2COO–
- carbamide — urea.
- carbazole — a colourless insoluble solid obtained from coal tar and used in the production of some dyes. Formula: C12H9N
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbineer — (formerly) a soldier equipped with a carbine
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).