9-letter words containing a, e, c, i
- card file — a collection of cards containing data or records, arranged systematically, as in alphabetical order, in boxes or drawers
- cardamine — bittercress
- careening — Present participle of careen.
- careering — an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- careerism — devotion to a successful career, often at the expense of one's personal life, ethics, etc.
- careerist — Careerist people are ambitious and think that their career is more important than anything else.
- caregiver — A caregiver is someone who is responsible for looking after another person, for example, a person who has a disability, or is ill or very young.
- caressing — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- caressive — resembling a caress or tending to caress
- caribbean — The Caribbean is the sea which is between the West Indies, Central America and the north coast of South America.
- carinated — Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- carmelite — a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar
- carmelize — (US) Alternative form of caramelize.
- carnalise — sensualise
- carnalize — to sensualise
- carnelian — a red or reddish-yellow translucent variety of chalcedony, used as a gemstone
- carnified — Simple past tense and past participle of carnify.
- carnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify.
- carnitine — a white betaine, C7H15NO3, found in the liver and required for transporting fatty acids from the cytosol into the mitochondria
- carnivore — A carnivore is an animal that eats meat.
- carnotite — a radioactive yellow mineral consisting of hydrated uranium potassium vanadate: occurs in sedimentary rocks and is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium. Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O
- carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- carriable — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carriages — Plural form of carriage.
- carrigeen — Alternative form of carrageen.
- cartelism — the practice of forming cartels
- cartelist — a member of a cartel, or a supporter of cartelism
- cartelize — to form or be formed into a cartel
- cartesian — of or relating to the works of René Descartes
- cartilage — Cartilage is a strong, flexible substance in your body, especially around your joints and in your nose.
- cartridge — A cartridge is a metal or cardboard tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance. Cartridges are used in guns.
- carveries — Plural form of carvery.
- case file — a file kept on a person who is involved in a medical, legal, or social work investigation
- caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
- caseinate — a salt of casein
- cashiered — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cashierer — a person who rejects or dismisses from office
- cassimere — a woollen suiting cloth of plain or twill weave
- cassingle — a cassette single
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- casualise — make (a regular employee) into a casual worker
- casualize — If a business casualizes its employees or casualizes their labour, it replaces employees with permanent contracts and full rights with employees with temporary contracts and few rights.
- cat brier — greenbrier, esp. the vine (Smilax glauca)
- catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
- catamenia — menstrual discharge; menstruation
- catamites — Plural form of catamite.
- catchiest — Superlative form of catchy.
- catchline — a slogan, esp one used in a political or advertising campaign
- catechise — to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.