9-letter words containing a, c, e, n, d
- carinated — Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- carneades — 214?–129? b.c, Greek philosopher.
- carnified — Simple past tense and past participle of carnify.
- carronade — an obsolete naval gun of short barrel and large bore
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cassander — c354-297 b.c, king of Macedonia 301-297 (son of Antipater).
- cassonade — raw or unrefined sugar
- castaneda — Carlos, 1925–1998, U.S. anthropologist and writer, born in Peru.
- catenated — Connected in a chain or series.
- catnapped — Simple past tense and past participle of catnap.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
- celandine — either of two unrelated plants, Chelidonium majus (greater celandine) or Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine)
- chagrined — If you are chagrined by something, it disappoints, upsets, or annoys you, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chalcedon — ancient Greek city on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium: site of the 4th ecumenical council, a.d. 451
- chaminade — Cécile Louise Stéphanie [sey-seel lweez stey-fa-nee] /seɪˈsil lwiz steɪ faˈni/ (Show IPA), 1857–1944, French pianist and composer.
- 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.
- chastened — subdued; humbled
- cheapened — Simple past tense and past participle of cheapen.
- 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
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- 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)
- clogdance — a folk dance characterized by heavy stamping steps, performed while wearing clogs
- clunkhead — a stupid or foolish person.
- clydebank — a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)
- coadunate — united; joined together
- coarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of coarsen.
- code name — A code name is a name used for someone or something in order to keep their identity secret.
- code-name — to assign a code name to.
- codenamed — Simple past tense and past participle of codename.
- codenames — Plural form of codename.
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- collonade — Alternative spelling of colonnade.
- colonnade — A colonnade is a row of evenly-spaced columns.
- comedians — Plural form of comedian.
- commanded — to direct with specific authority or prerogative; order: The captain commanded his men to attack.
- commander — A commander is an officer in charge of a military operation or organization.
- commendam — the temporary holding of an ecclesiastical benefice
- compander — a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus
- companied — Simple past tense and past participle of company.
- compendia — a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
- concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- confabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of confab.