9-letter words containing a, c, r, b
- carbineer — (formerly) a soldier equipped with a carbine
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- carbon 12 — the isotopic carbon atom that comprises 99 percent of naturally occurring carbon, and that since 1961 has been used as the standard for atomic weight by representing a unit of 12.00000.
- carbon 13 — the stable isotope of carbon having an atomic mass number 13, used as a tracer.
- carbon 14 — radiocarbon (def 1).
- carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
- carbonado — a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled
- carbonara — a sauce, containing cream, bacon, cheese and egg, that is usually served with pasta
- carbonari — a secret political society with liberal republican aims, originating in S Italy about 1811 and particularly engaged in the struggle for Italian unification
- 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.
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- carborane — any of the crystalline compounds obtained by the substitution of carbon for boron in borane.
- carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
- carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
- carburate — carburet.
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- cardboard — Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
- cargo bay — the large central area of the space shuttle orbiter's fuselage in which payloads and their support equipment are carried. Also called payload bay. Compare bay2 (def 2a).
- caribbean — The Caribbean is the sea which is between the West Indies, Central America and the north coast of South America.
- carpetbag — a travelling bag originally made of carpeting
- carriable — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carryable — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carryback — (in U.S. income-tax law) a special provision allowing part of a net loss or of an unused credit in a given year to be apportioned over one or two preceding years, chiefly in order to ease the tax burden. Compare carry·forward (def 2).
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- cat brier — greenbrier, esp. the vine (Smilax glauca)
- cave bear — an extinct bear, Ursus spelaeus, that lived in caves in Europe during the Pleistocene Epoch.
- cedarbird — a type of waxwing native to North America
- cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
- 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.
- 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
- chair bed — a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.
- chairback — the part of a chair that supports the sitter's back
- 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.
- charabanc — A charabanc is a large old-fashioned coach with several rows of seats. Charabancs were used especially for taking people on trips or on holiday.
- charbroil — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- chartable — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- clabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of clabber.
- claiborne — a male given name.