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9-letter words containing a, c, e, r, b

  • curveball — a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
  • cybercafe — A cybercafé is a café where people can pay to use the Internet.
  • cybercash — Funds used in electronic financial transactions, especially over the Internet.
  • cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
  • cyberchat — Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
  • cyberhack — Computers. hack1 (def 22b).
  • cybernate — to control (a manufacturing process) with a servomechanism or (of a process) to be controlled by a servomechanism
  • cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
  • cyberrhea — (humour, jargon)   /si:'ber-eer/ An affliction of some word processor users; excessive frequency and looseness of productivity. Particularly virulent among those who have not discovered the fortifying virtues of revision.
  • cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality)   A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
  • debaucher — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
  • drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
  • embraceor — a person guilty of embracery
  • embracery — the offence of attempting by corrupt means to influence a jury or juror, as by bribery or threats
  • embracing — Present participle of embrace.
  • embracive — (archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
  • embrocate — (medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
  • erectable — Capable of being erected or raised up.
  • escribano — a clerk or scribe
  • eurobeach — a beach that has been designated as suitable for bathing from because it meets the limits set by European Union regulations for bacteria in bathing areas
  • excalibur — (in Arthurian legend) the magic sword of King Arthur
  • execrable — Extremely bad or unpleasant.
  • execrably — In an execrable way.
  • fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
  • febricula — a slight and short fever, especially when of obscure causation.
  • feuerbach — Ludwig Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s,, an-;; German ahn-drey-ahs] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs,, æn-;; German ɑnˈdreɪ ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1804–72, German philosopher.
  • firebacks — Plural form of fireback.
  • flareback — a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
  • forceable — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
  • forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
  • fractable — a coping concealing the slopes of the roof, especially one having an ornamental silhouette.
  • gernsbackHugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.
  • gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
  • greenback — a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War, originally issued against the credit of the country and not against gold or silver on deposit.
  • hackberry — any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
  • horseback — the back of a horse.
  • iceboater — a person who races iceboats, especially as a hobby or in competition.
  • imbracery — embracery.
  • imbricate — overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
  • incurable — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
  • irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
  • jib crane — a crane having an arm guyed at a fixed angle to the head of a rotating mast.
  • kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
  • kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
  • la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
  • lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
  • lyre back — a back of a chair or the like having a pierced splat in the form of a lyre, often with metal rods representing strings.
  • macabrely — In a macabre manner.
  • mainbrace — a brace leading to a main yard.
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