9-letter words containing a, c, e
- cicatrize — (of a wound or defect in tissue) to close or be closed by scar formation; heal
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- cigarette — Cigarettes are small tubes of paper containing tobacco which people smoke.
- cigarlike — resembling a cigar
- ciguatera — food poisoning caused by a ciguatoxin in seafood
- ciliolate — covered with minute hairs, as some plants
- cimmerian — very dark; gloomy
- cineastes — Plural form of cineaste.
- cinematic — Cinematic means relating to films made for the cinema.
- cineramic — relating to a cinematic process producing widescreen images
- cineraria — a plant, Senecio cruentus, of the Canary Islands, widely cultivated for its blue, purple, red, or variegated daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- cinnamate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of cinnamic acid.
- cinnamene — styrene.
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- circinate — (of part of a plant, such as a young fern) coiled so that the tip is at the centre
- circulate — If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
- cirenaica — Cyrenaica
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- cissexual — noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of that person’s biological sex.
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- citigrade — relating to (fast-moving) wolf spiders
- cityscape — an urban landscape; view of a city
- civet cat — any of several nocturnal, catlike carnivores (family Viverridae) of Africa, India, Malaysia, and S China, with spotted, yellowish fur: valued for its civet (sense 1)
- civitates — the body of citizens who constitute a state, especially a city-state, commonwealth, or the like.
- clabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of clabber.
- claiborne — a male given name.
- claimable — Able to be claimed.
- claimless — Having no claim.
- clam-like — resembling a clam
- clambakes — Plural form of clambake.
- clambered — an act or instance of clambering.
- clamberer — A person who clambers.
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourer — One who clamours.
- clamshell — a dredging bucket that is hinged like the shell of a clam
- clapbread — a type of cake made from oatmeal
- claqueurs — Plural form of claqueur.
- claremont — a town in SW California.
- claremore — a town in NE Oklahoma.
- clarences — Plural form of clarence.
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- claretian — a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- clarifier — A clarifier is a vessel or stage in which remaining suspended solids are separated from a liquid to leave a clear overflow.
- clarifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clarify.
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.