9-letter words containing a, c, e, r
- centaurus — a conspicuous extensive constellation in the S hemisphere, close to the Southern Cross, that contains two first magnitude stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, and the globular cluster Omega Centauri
- centenary — The centenary of an event such as someone's birth is the 100th anniversary of that event.
- centigram — one hundredth of a gram
- centralia — a city in central Illinois.
- centrally — of or forming the center: the central hut in the village.
- centrical — pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- ceraceous — waxlike or waxy
- ceramides — Plural form of ceramide.
- ceramists — Plural form of ceramist.
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- ceratitis — Alternative spelling of keratitis.
- ceratodus — any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
- cercariae — Plural form of cercaria.
- cercarial — Relating to, or characteristic of cercariae.
- cerealist — a person who studies cereals and the conditions for their growth
- cerebella — a large portion of the brain, serving to coordinate voluntary movements, posture, and balance in humans, being in back of and below the cerebrum and consisting of two lateral lobes and a central lobe.
- cerebrate — to use the mind; think; ponder; consider
- cerograph — an engraving or writing on wax
- ceromancy — divination by interpreting the significance of shapes formed when melted wax is dropped into water
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cervantes — Miguel de (miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname Cervantes Saavedra. 1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for Don Quixote (1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel
- cesareans — Plural form of cesarean.
- chaeronea — an ancient Greek town in W Boeotia: site of the victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians and Thebans (338 bc) and of Sulla over Mithridates (86 bc)
- chaffered — Simple past tense and past participle of chaffer.
- chafferer — One who chaffers; a bargainer.
- chagrined — If you are chagrined by something, it disappoints, upsets, or annoys you, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chair bed — a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.
- chairside — Relating to activities that happen next to the dental chair during treatment.
- chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- chamberer — someone who attends to a bed chamber; chambermaid or chamberlain
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- chamfered — a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Compare bevel.
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- chanceler — Obsolete form of chancellor.
- chandlers — Plural form of chandler.
- chandlery — the business, warehouse, or merchandise of a chandler
- channeler — a person or thing that channels; specif., a medium (sense 7)
- chantress — a female chanter or singer
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chaperone — A chaperone is someone who accompanies another person somewhere in order to make sure that they do not come to any harm.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chapter 7 — the statute regarding liquidation proceedings that empowers a court to appoint a trustee to operate a failing business to prevent further loss
- chapteral — of or pertaining to a chapter
- chaptered — a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- character — The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.