9-letter words containing a, n, c
- compazine — a tranquilizing drug, C28H32ClN3O8S, used to control serious nausea or vomiting and to reduce anxiety
- compendia — a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
- complains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain.
- complaint — A complaint is a statement in which you express your dissatisfaction with a particular situation.
- compliant — If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.
- computant — a person who calculates
- con amore — (to be performed) lovingly
- con anima — with spirit; animatedly (used as a musical direction).
- conations — Plural form of conation.
- concaving — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- concavity — the state or quality of being concave
- concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- concealer — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- conchobar — (in Irish legend) a king of Ulster at about the beginning of the Christian era
- conciliar — of, from, or by means of a council, esp an ecclesiastical one
- conclaves — A private meeting.
- concordal — of or relating to concord
- concordat — a pact or treaty, esp one between the Vatican and another state concerning the interests of religion in that state
- concordia — the ancient Roman goddess of harmony or peace.
- concreate — to create at the same time
- condillac — Étienne Bonnot de (etjɛn bɔno də). 1715–80, French philosopher. He developed Locke's view that all knowledge derives from the senses in his Traité des sensations (1754)
- condyloma — a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis
- conestoga — a large, heavy, broad-wheeled covered wagon, used especially for transporting pioneers and freight across North America during the early westward migration.
- confabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of confab.
- conferral — a conferring of an honor, degree, or favor; bestowal
- confervae — Plural form of conferva.
- confidant — Someone's confidant is a man who they are able to discuss their private problems with.
- conflated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflate.
- conflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflate.
- conformal — (of a transformation) preserving the angles of the depicted surface
- confucian — of or relating to the doctrines of Confucius
- congealed — Simple past tense and past participle of congeal.
- congenial — friendly, pleasant, or agreeable
- conically — Also, conical. having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a cone.
- conjugant — either of a pair of organisms or gametes undergoing conjugation
- conjugate — When pupils or teachers conjugate a verb, they give its different forms in a particular order.
- conjugial — A form of \"conjugal\" used by Swedenborg and his followers, used to distinguish their ideas about marital relations.
- connately — In a connate fashion.
- connation — a union of similar parts or organs
- connature — the state or quality of sharing a common nature or character
- connaught — Connacht
- connemara — a barren coastal region of W Republic of Ireland, in Co Galway: consists of quartzite mountains, peat bogs, and many lakes; noted for its breed of pony originating from the hilly regions
- connotate — to connote
- connubial — of or relating to marriage; conjugal
- conrad ii — c990–1039, king of Germany 1024–39 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1027–39.
- conrad iv — 1228–54, king of Germany 1237–54 and Sicily 1251–54; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (son of Frederick II).
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- consolate — to console (a person)
- consonant — A consonant is a sound such as 'p', 'f', 'n', or 't' which you pronounce by stopping the air flowing freely through your mouth. Compare vowel.
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.