9-letter words containing a, c, r, e, i
- crepitate — to make a rattling or crackling sound; rattle or crackle
- cribellar — of or relating to the cribellum of a spider
- crimeware — (computing) Software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- crispated — Crispate.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- criterial — of or relating to criteria
- criterias — (nonstandard, proscribed) Plural form of criteria.
- crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- crybabies — Plural form of crybaby.
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- cuirasses — Plural form of cuirass.
- curarized — Simple past tense and past participle of curarize.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtailer — One who curtails.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtilage — the enclosed area of land adjacent to a dwelling house
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- cyrenaica — a region and former province (1951–63) of E Libya: largely desert; settled by the Greeks in about 630 bc; ruled successively by the Egyptians, Romans, Arabs, Turks, and Italians. Area: 855 370 sq km (330 258 sq miles)
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decameric — Of or pertaining to a decamer.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- diaeretic — dieresis.
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- diarrheic — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of diarrhea.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dictature — dictatorship
- discarded — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discarder — One who, or that which, discards.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- disgraced — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- disgracer — One who disgraces.
- disgraces — Plural form of disgrace.
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- dixiecrat — a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic Party, especially a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic Party.
- earpieces — Plural form of earpiece.
- ecarinate — having no carina or keel.
- echeveria — any of numerous succulent plants of the genus Echeveria, native to tropical America and having thick leaves characteristically forming rosettes.