9-letter words containing a, c, u, d
- cagoulard — a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- calendula — any Eurasian plant of the genus Calendula, esp the pot marigold, having orange-and-yellow rayed flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- 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
- canulated — Simple past tense and past participle of canulate.
- cap cloud — a stationary cloud directly above an isolated mountain peak. Compare banner cloud, crest cloud.
- cardpunch — a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards
- casadesus — Robert [rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1899–1972, French pianist and composer.
- cascadura — a small Trinidadian catfish of the family Callichthyidae, with tough scaly skin
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- caucasoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to the lighter-complexioned supposed racial group of mankind, which includes the peoples indigenous to Europe, N Africa, SW Asia, and the Indian subcontinent and their descendants in other parts of the world
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- caudillos — Plural form of caudillo.
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- caulfield — Patrick (Joseph). 1936–2005, British painter and printmaker
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- ceratodus — any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- chempaduk — an evergreen moraceous tree, Artocarpus champeden (or A. integer), of Malaysia, similar to the jackfruit
- churidars — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- claudette — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- cloud ear — tree ear
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- cloudland — region of dreams, imagination, or impractical speculation; visionary realm
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- club card — A club card is a card issued by a retailer which allows the card holder to make discounted purchases.
- club deal — a takeover bid in which several private-equity companies form a syndicate to acquire a target company
- club hand — a deformity of the hand, analogous to club foot
- club soda — Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice.
- clubhands — Plural form of clubhand.
- clunkhead — a stupid or foolish person.
- co durham — County Durham
- coadjutor — a bishop appointed as assistant to a diocesan bishop
- coadunate — united; joined together
- coeducate — Alternative spelling of co-educate.
- colubriad — a poem about a snake
- comatulid — any of a group of crinoid echinoderms, including the feather stars, in which the adults are free-swimming
- communard — a member of a commune
- copulated — Simple past tense and past participle of copulate.
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served