9-letter words containing a, c, r, o, i
- catoptric — the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- charbroil — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- charolais — a breed of large white beef cattle that originated in France
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- 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.
- chirimoya — cherimoya.
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- chromatic — In music, chromatic means related to the scale that consists only of semitones.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- chromidia — chromatins in cell cytoplasm
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- cigarillo — a small cigar often only slightly larger than a cigarette
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- claiborne — a male given name.
- clamoring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clavicorn — any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
- claviform — clavate
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
- coalminer — One who mines for coal.
- coaration — Cooperative ploughing.
- cogitator — to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- coleraine — a town in N Northern Ireland, in Coleraine district, Co Antrim, on the River Bann; light industries; university (1965). Pop: 24 089 (2001)
- collaring — Present participle of collar.