9-letter words containing a, c, e
- cattiness — catlike; feline.
- cattleman — A cattleman is a man who looks after or owns cattle, especially in North America or Australia.
- cattlemen — Plural form of cattleman.
- cattleyas — Plural form of cattleya.
- cauchemar — a nightmare
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- caulfield — Patrick (Joseph). 1936–2005, British painter and printmaker
- cauquenes — a city in central Chile.
- causative — Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
- causeless — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- causeries — Plural form of causerie.
- causeways — Plural form of causeway.
- cautelous — crafty or cunning
- cauterant — caustic; cauterizing
- cauteries — Plural form of cautery.
- cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cauterize — If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- cavalcade — A cavalcade is a procession of people on horses or in cars or carriages.
- cavaletti — bars supported on low stands used in dressage and horse jumping
- cavalieri — Francesco Bonaventura [frahn-ches-kaw baw-nah-ven-too-rah] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ ˌbɔ nɑ vɛnˈtu rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1598–1697, Italian mathematician.
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cavatelli — a shell-like pasta with ridged surfaces.
- cave bear — an extinct bear, Ursus spelaeus, that lived in caves in Europe during the Pleistocene Epoch.
- caveators — a person who files or enters a caveat.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- cavessons — Plural form of cavesson.
- cavewoman — A prehistoric woman who lived in caves.
- cavewomen — Plural form of cavewoman.
- cavitated — Simple past tense and past participle of cavitate.
- cd player — A CD player is a machine on which you can play CDs.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- ceasefire — A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
- ceaseless — If something, often something unpleasant, is ceaseless, it continues for a long time without stopping or changing.
- ceausescu — Nicolae (ˌnɪkɒˈlaɪ). 1918–89, Romanian statesman; chairman of the state council (1967–89) and president of Romania (1974–89): deposed and executed
- cedarbird — a type of waxwing native to North America
- cedarwood — the wood of a cedar tree
- cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
- cefcapene — A particular third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- celandine — either of two unrelated plants, Chelidonium majus (greater celandine) or Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine)
- celebrant — A celebrant is a person who performs or takes part in a religious ceremony.
- celebrate — If you celebrate, you do something enjoyable because of a special occasion or to mark someone's success.
- celestial — of or in the sky or universe, as planets or stars
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- celibatic — of or relating to celibacy