9-letter words containing a, c, e, r, t
- bescatter — to scatter or strew about
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
- bracketed — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- bracteate — (of a plant) having bracts
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- branchlet — a small branch
- brecciate — to form into breccia
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- bregmatic — of or relating to the bregma
- 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)
- c battery — the power source for biasing the control-grid electrodes of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cafeteria — A cafeteria is a restaurant where you choose your food from a counter and take it to your table after paying for it. Cafeterias are usually found in public buildings such as hospitals and stores.
- cafetiere — A cafetière is a type of coffee pot that has a disk with small holes in it attached to the lid. You push the lid down to separate the liquid from the ground coffee when it is ready to drink.
- calcarate — having a calcar
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- call rate — the interest rate on a call loan
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- camerated — vaulted
- cammaerts — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA). Belgian poet.
- cancerate — to become cancerous
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- canisters — Plural form of canister.
- cannister — Misspelling of canister.
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- cantering — an easy gallop.
- cape cart — a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle sometimes with a canvas hood
- caporetto — Italian village (now in Slovenia): scene of a battle of WWI in which the Italian army was defeated by Austro-German forces (1917)
- caprylate — a salt of caprylic acid
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- car thief — a person who steals automobiles
- carbamate — a salt or ester of carbamic acid. The salts contain the monovalent ion NH2COO–, and the esters contain the group NH2COO–
- carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carburate — carburet.
- card vote — a vote by delegates, esp at a trade-union conference, in which each delegate's vote counts as a vote by all his or her constituents
- careerist — Careerist people are ambitious and think that their career is more important than anything else.
- carefront — To caringly confront an individual; To approach someone in love and respect and correct them in an honoring manner.
- caretaken — looked after
- caretaker — A caretaker is a person whose job it is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats or apartments, and deal with small repairs to it.
- carinated — Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- carmelite — a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar
- carnitine — a white betaine, C7H15NO3, found in the liver and required for transporting fatty acids from the cytosol into the mitochondria
- carnotite — a radioactive yellow mineral consisting of hydrated uranium potassium vanadate: occurs in sedimentary rocks and is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium. Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O