9-letter words containing a, c, r, u
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buckboard — an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with the seat attached to a flexible board between the front and rear axles
- bucranium — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- cagoulard — a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.
- calciuria — (pathology) The presence of calcium salts in the urine (especially at an elevated level).
- calculary — calculous
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- calembour — a pun
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- calicular — Relating to, or resembling, a cup.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- canicular — of or relating to the star Sirius or its rising
- cankerous — having cankers
- cannelure — a groove or fluting, esp one around the cylindrical part of a bullet
- cantharus — a large two-handled pottery cup
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
- capitular — of or associated with a cathedral chapter
- capsulary — Archaic form of capsular.
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capturing — Present participle of capture.
- caratacus — died ?54 ad, British chieftain: led an unsuccessful resistance against the Romans (43–50)
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- 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
- carcajous — Plural form of carcajou.
- cardpunch — a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards
- carefully — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- carnosaur — any of various large carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria, including the allosaurs
- carousals — Plural form of carousal.
- carousels — A merry-go-round.
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- carrefour — a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads
- carrousel — carousel
- carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- carry-out — food: take-away
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- cartulary — a collection of charters or records, esp relating to the title to an estate or monastery
- caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.