9-letter words containing a, c, t, u
- contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
- copulated — Simple past tense and past participle of copulate.
- copulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copulate.
- corrugate — to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
- coruscant — giving off flashes of light
- coruscate — to emit flashes of light; sparkle
- cosmonaut — A cosmonaut is an astronaut from the former Soviet Union.
- cot-quean — Archaic. a man who busies himself with traditionally women's household duties.
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- coticular — of or relating to whetstones
- countable — capable of being counted
- countably — in a countable manner
- countback — a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- courtezan — Alternative spelling of courtesan.
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- crash out — If someone crashes out somewhere, they fall asleep where they are because they are very tired or drunk.
- crataegus — (botany) Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
- craterous — of, relating to, or resembling a crater
- creatural — of, relating to, or of the nature of a creature.
- creatures — Plural form of creature.
- crenature — a rounded projection, as on the margin of a leaf, etc.
- crenulate — having a margin very finely notched with rounded projections, as certain leaves
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crustacea — a collective term for members of the Crustacea class of (mainly aquatic) mandibulate arthropods, characterized by their usually chitinous exoskeletons
- cruz alta — a city in S Brazil.
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cucullate — shaped like a hood or having a hoodlike part
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- culminant — highest or culminating
- culminate — If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- cultrated — Cultrate.
- culturati — the cultured elite of a society
- cumulated — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cumulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cumulate.
- cunctator — (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus"Cunctator") 275–203 b.c, Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.
- cup plant — a hardy composite plant, Silphium perfoliatum, of eastern North America, having large yellow flower heads and opposite leaves that envelop the stem, forming a cup.
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- curatress — A female curator.
- curd tart — a tart with a sweet filling in which curd is the main ingredient
- curettage — the process of using a curette
- curialist — a member or supporter of the papal curia
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.