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.