9-letter words containing a, e, c, u
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
- carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
- carburate — carburet.
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- carefully — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- carousels — A merry-go-round.
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- carrefour — a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads
- carrousel — carousel
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.
- carve out — to make or create (a career)
- carve-out — to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
- casadesus — Robert [rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1899–1972, French pianist and composer.
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- cassoulet — a stew originating from France, made from haricot beans and goose, duck, pork, etc
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- 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.
- catalogue — A catalogue is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library.
- caterwaul — If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
- cathouses — Plural form of cathouse.
- cauchemar — a nightmare
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- caulfield — Patrick (Joseph). 1936–2005, British painter and printmaker
- cauquenes — a city in central Chile.
- causative — Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
- causeless — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- causeries — Plural form of causerie.
- causeways — Plural form of causeway.
- cautelous — crafty or cunning
- cauterant — caustic; cauterizing
- cauteries — Plural form of cautery.
- cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cauterize — If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- ceausescu — Nicolae (ˌnɪkɒˈlaɪ). 1918–89, Romanian statesman; chairman of the state council (1967–89) and president of Romania (1974–89): deposed and executed
- cellarous — of, relating to or resembling a cellar
- cellulase — any enzyme that converts cellulose to the disaccharide cellobiose
- cellulate — cellular.
- centaurea — any of a genus (Centaurea) of annual and perennial plants of the composite family, having egg-shaped flower heads, including the star thistles and the bachelor's buttons
- centauric — characterized by an integration of mind and body for consciousness above the ego-self