9-letter words containing a, c, t
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- calvinist — Calvinist means belonging or relating to a strict Protestant church started by John Calvin.
- calvities — baldness
- cam plant — any plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
- camel toe — the visual effect created when a woman's trousers cling too tightly to the crotch, emphasizing the shape of the pudenda
- camel-toe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- camerated — vaulted
- cammaerts — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA). Belgian poet.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campanist — an expert on bells
- campcraft — the skills that are required for camping
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- campstool — a lightweight folding stool
- camshafts — Plural form of camshaft.
- camstairy — perverse or unruly
- can't win — If you say that someone can't win in a particular situation, you mean that they are certain to fail or to suffer whatever they do.
- canaanite — a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied the land of Canaan before the Israelite conquest
- canalboat — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
- canaletto — original name Giovanni Antonio Canale. 1697–1768, Italian painter and etcher, noted particularly for his highly detailed paintings of cities, esp Venice, which are marked by strong contrasts of light and shade
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- cancerate — to become cancerous
- candidate — A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job.
- candlelit — A candlelit room or table is lit by the light of candles.
- candlenut — a euphorbiaceous tree, Aleurites mollucana, of tropical Asia and Polynesia
- candytuft — either of two species of Iberis grown as annual garden plants for their umbels ("tufts") of white, red, or purplish flowers
- cane toad — a large toad, Rhinella marina, native to Central and South America but introduced into many countries to control insects and other pests of sugar-cane plantations
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- canescent — white or greyish due to the presence of numerous short white hairs
- canistels — Plural form of canistel.
- canisters — Plural form of canister.
- cannister — Misspelling of canister.
- cannoting — cannot but, have no alternative but to: We cannot but choose otherwise.
- cannulate — to insert a cannula into (a person)
- canoeists — Plural form of canoeist.
- canonchet — (Nanuntenoo) died 1676, Narragansett leader: executed by colonists.
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- cant hook — a heavy wooden lever with a blunt tip and a hinged hook near the end: used by lumbermen in handling logs
- cantabank — an itinerant singer
- cantabile — (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously
- cantabria — a province and autonomous community in N Spain
- cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
- cantering — an easy gallop.
- cantharid — any beetle of the family Cantharidae, having a soft elongated body; though found frequenting flowers, they are carnivorous
- cantharis — Spanish fly (sense 1)
- cantharus — a large two-handled pottery cup
- canthitis — an inflammation of the canthus