9-letter words containing a, c, d
- chokedamp — blackdamp
- chondroma — a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
- chordates — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- chromidia — chromatins in cell cytoplasm
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- churidars — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- circadian — of or relating to biological processes that occur regularly at about 24-hour intervals, even in the absence of periodicity in the environment
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- citigrade — relating to (fast-moving) wolf spiders
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- 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
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- clarthead — a slow-witted or stupid person
- class day — a day during the commencement season on which the members of the graduating class in U.S. colleges and schools celebrate the completion of their course with special ceremonies.
- clattered — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- claudette — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- clay road — an unsealed and unmetalled road in a rural area
- cleareyed — having clear eyes or vision
- clearweed — a plant from the nettle family
- cleavaged — Having (a particular kind of) cleavage.
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- cleveland — a former county of NE England formed in 1974 from parts of E Durham and N Yorkshire; replaced in 1996 by the unitary authorities of Hartlepool (Durham), Stockton-on-Tees (Durham), Middlesbrough (North Yorkshire) and Redcar and Cleveland (North Yorkshire)
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- clodpated — stupid
- clogdance — a folk dance characterized by heavy stamping steps, performed while wearing clogs
- closehead — the entrance to a tenement close
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- cloud ear — tree ear
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- cloudland — region of dreams, imagination, or impractical speculation; visionary realm
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- club card — A club card is a card issued by a retailer which allows the card holder to make discounted purchases.
- club deal — a takeover bid in which several private-equity companies form a syndicate to acquire a target company