9-letter words containing a, c, t, u
- curtailer — One who curtails.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtal ax — a cutlass
- curtalaxe — a cutlass
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curtilage — the enclosed area of land adjacent to a dwelling house
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- curvature — The curvature of something is its curved shape, especially when this shape is part of the circumference of a circle.
- cuspidate — having a cusp or cusps
- custodial — Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- custumary — Obsolete form of customary.
- cut a rug — a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Compare carpet.
- cut above — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- cut along — to hurry off
- cut class — miss a school lesson
- cut glass — Cut glass is glass that has patterns cut into its surface.
- cut-grass — any grass (esp. Leersia oryzoides) having tiny hooks along the edges of the blades that cause scratches on the human skin
- cut-rater — a person or company that offers goods or services at cut-rate prices.
- cutaneous — of, relating to, or affecting the skin
- cuticulae — Plural form of cuticula.
- cuticular — Of or pertaining to the cuticle.
- cutlasses — Plural form of cutlass.
- cutthroat — a person who cuts throats; murderer
- cutwaters — Plural form of cutwater.
- cyanurate — a salt or ester derived from cyanide
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- deactuate — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- death cup — a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.
- decaudate — to take off the tail of (an animal)
- deciduate — having or characterized by a decidua.
- decubital — any position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
- decussate — to cross or cause to cross in the form of the letter X; intersect
- delictual — (legal) Derived from a delict (analogous to a tort).
- diazeutic — Alternative form of diazeuctic.
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- dictature — dictatorship
- dualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- dubitancy — doubt; uncertainty
- ducktails — Plural form of ducktail.
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- duct tape — a strongly adhesive silver-gray cloth tape, used in plumbing, household repairs, etc.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- dust cart — a garbage truck.
- dustcarts — Plural form of dustcart.
- dutch cap — a woman's lace cap with triangular flaps, characteristic of Dutch national dress