9-letter words containing a, n, c
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- citations — Plural form of citation.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- city plan — the developmental plan for a city or town arrived at through the process of city planning.
- civilians — Plural form of civilian.
- claiborne — a male given name.
- claimants — Plural form of claimant.
- claimsman — an insurance adjuster, especially one dealing with casualty-insurance claims; claims adjuster.
- clamantly — urgently
- clamoring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.
- clappings — Plural form of clapping.
- claremont — a town in SW California.
- clarences — Plural form of clarence.
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- claretian — a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
- clavation — the state of being clavate
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- clavicorn — any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- clean-cut — Someone, especially a boy or man, who is clean-cut has a neat, tidy appearance.
- cleanable — the ability to be cleaned, especially easily or without damage: fabrics rated for their cleanability.
- cleanlier — Comparative form of cleanly.
- cleanness — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleanroom — A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices.
- cleansers — Plural form of cleanser.
- cleansing — serving or intended to cleanse
- cleanskin — an unbranded animal
- cleantech — (industry) Technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.
- cleanthes — ?300–?232 bc, Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school
- clearance — Clearance is the removal of old buildings, trees, or other things that are not wanted from an area.
- clearings — Plural form of clearing.
- clearness — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- clearskin — Cleanskin.
- clearwing — any moth of the family Sesiidae (or Aegeriidae), characterized by the absence of scales from the greater part of the wings. They are day-flying and some, such as the hornet clearwing (Sesia apiformis), resemble wasps and other hymenopterans
- clergyman — A clergyman is a male member of the clergy.
- cleveland — a former county of NE England formed in 1974 from parts of E Durham and N Yorkshire; replaced in 1996 by the unitary authorities of Hartlepool (Durham), Stockton-on-Tees (Durham), Middlesbrough (North Yorkshire) and Redcar and Cleveland (North Yorkshire)
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- clientage — a body of clients; clientele.
- cliffhang — (of a serial or film) to end on a note of suspense
- clinician — A clinician is a doctor who specializes in clinical work.
- clinitian — Misspelling of clinician.
- clinoaxis — in a monoclinic crystal, the lateral axis which forms an oblique angle with the vertical axis
- clinostat — an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants, usually a rotating disc to which the plant is attached so that it receives an equal stimulus on all sides
- clinquant — glittering, esp with tinsel
- clintonia — any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia, having white, greenish-yellow, or purplish flowers, broad ribbed leaves, and blue berries