9-letter words containing a, n, c
- britannic — of Britain; British (esp in the phrases His or Her Britannic Majesty)
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- buck bean — a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers.
- bucranium — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- c-spanner — a sickle-shaped spanner having a projection at the end of the curve, used for turning large narrow nuts that have an indentation into which the projection on the spanner fits
- ca' canny — call “canny”; hence, go cautiously
- caa canny — to proceed cautiously; go slow
- cab stand — A cab stand is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example, at an airport or outside a station.
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- caballing — a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cabin boy — a boy who waits on the officers and passengers of a ship
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cabinmate — a person with whom one shares a cabin
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.
- cabstands — Plural form of cabstand.
- cachectin — Biochemistry, Immunology. a protein that is released by activated macrophages as an immune system defense and, when the defense is overwhelmed, is a cause of cachexia or toxic shock: in humans, identical with tumor necrosis factor.
- cacholong — a type of opal, commonly of a milky colour
- cacodemon — an evil spirit or devil
- cacogenic — dysgenics.
- cacophony — You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony.
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- cadencing — rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- caecilian — any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil
- caesarean — of or relating to any of the Caesars, esp Julius Caesar
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- cafe noir — black coffee
- caffeinic — related to or containing caffeine
- cagelings — Plural form of cageling.
- cageyness — the quality of being cagey
- cairngorm — a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone
- caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
- calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
- calamanco — a glossy woollen fabric woven with a checked design that shows on one side only
- calandria — a cylindrical vessel through which tubes pass, esp one forming part of an evaporator, heat exchanger, or nuclear reactor
- calavance — any of several varieties of pulse yielded by plants of the genus Dolichos
- calcaneal — Anatomy. the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
- calcanean — Anatomy. the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- calcaneus — the largest tarsal bone, forming the heel in man
- calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
- calcedony — Alt form chalcedony.
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls