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9-letter words containing a, n, c

  • capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
  • capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
  • caponette — a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
  • caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
  • capricorn — Capricorn is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a goat. People who are born approximately between the 22nd of December and the 19th of January come under this sign.
  • capsaicin — a colourless crystalline bitter alkaloid found in capsicums and used as a flavouring in vinegar and pickles. Formula: C18H27O3N
  • capsizing — Present participle of capsize.
  • capstones — Plural form of capstone.
  • captaincy — The captaincy of a team is the position of being captain.
  • captained — Simple past tense and past participle of captain.
  • captainry — captainship
  • captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
  • capturing — Present participle of capture.
  • capuchins — Plural form of capuchin.
  • car phone — A car phone is a mobile phone, especially one which is designed to be used in a car.
  • carabiner — in mountain climbing, an oval metal ring with a snap link used to fasten a rope to the piton
  • caragheen — Alternative form of carrageen.
  • carangids — Plural form of carangid.
  • carangoid — resembling a fish of the family Carangidae; carangid.
  • caratinga — a city in E Brazil.
  • caravaner — One who travels in a caravan (convoy or procession).
  • carbamino — relating to the compound produced when carbon dioxide reacts with an amino group
  • carbanion — a negatively charged organic ion in which most of the negative charge is localized on a carbon atom
  • carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
  • carbineer — (formerly) a soldier equipped with a carbine
  • carbon 12 — the isotopic carbon atom that comprises 99 percent of naturally occurring carbon, and that since 1961 has been used as the standard for atomic weight by representing a unit of 12.00000.
  • carbon 13 — the stable isotope of carbon having an atomic mass number 13, used as a tracer.
  • carbon 14 — radiocarbon (def 1).
  • carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
  • carbonado — a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled
  • carbonara — a sauce, containing cream, bacon, cheese and egg, that is usually served with pasta
  • carbonari — a secret political society with liberal republican aims, originating in S Italy about 1811 and particularly engaged in the struggle for Italian unification
  • carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
  • carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
  • carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
  • carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
  • carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
  • carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
  • carborane — any of the crystalline compounds obtained by the substitution of carbon for boron in borane.
  • carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
  • carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
  • carcinoid — a small serotonin-secreting tumour, usually slow-growing and occurring in the gastrointestinal tract, although it may spread to the liver
  • carcinoma — Carcinoma is a type of cancer.
  • cardamine — bittercress
  • cardigans — Plural form of cardigan.
  • cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
  • cardphone — a public telephone operated by the insertion of a phonecard instead of coins
  • cardpunch — a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards
  • care plan — a plan for the medical care of a particular patient or the welfare of a child in care
  • careenage — (nautical) a beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened.
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