9-letter words containing a, c, u
- bushwhack — to ambush
- busticate — to break
- cabassous — Plural form of cabassou.
- cacafuego — a person with a fiery temper
- caciquism — (esp in Spanish America) government by local political bosses
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- cagoulard — a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.
- cajeputol — cineole.
- cajuputol — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- calc-tufa — tufa (def 1).
- calc-tuff — Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like. Compare travertine.
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- calcaneus — the largest tarsal bone, forming the heel in man
- calcifuge — any plant that thrives in acid soils but not in lime-rich soils
- calciuria — (pathology) The presence of calcium salts in the urine (especially at an elevated level).
- calculary — calculous
- calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
- calculose — calculous
- calculous — of or suffering from a calculus
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- calembour — a pun
- calendula — any Eurasian plant of the genus Calendula, esp the pot marigold, having orange-and-yellow rayed flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- 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.
- caliculus — calyculus (def 1).
- call unix — (communications, tool) (cu) The original Unix virtual terminal utility. cu allows a user on one computer to log in to another connected via Ethernet, direct serial line or modem. It shares some configuration files with UUCP in order to be able to use the same connections without conflict.
- call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- callouses — made hard; hardened.
- callously — made hard; hardened.
- callusing — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- calyculus — a small, cuplike part, as a taste bud, or a cuplike depression, as in a coral skeleton
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- campanula — any N temperate plant of the campanulaceous genus Campanula, typically having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
- cancellus — (in an early Christian basilica) one of a row of bars separating the clergy and sometimes the choir from the congregation.
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- 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
- 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
- cannulate — to insert a cannula into (a person)