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9-letter words containing a, n, e, c

  • carnelian — a red or reddish-yellow translucent variety of chalcedony, used as a gemstone
  • carnified — Simple past tense and past participle of carnify.
  • carnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify.
  • carnitine — a white betaine, C7H15NO3, found in the liver and required for transporting fatty acids from the cytosol into the mitochondria
  • carnivore — A carnivore is an animal that eats meat.
  • carnotite — a radioactive yellow mineral consisting of hydrated uranium potassium vanadate: occurs in sedimentary rocks and is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium. Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O
  • carotenes — Plural form of carotene.
  • carpenter — A carpenter is a person whose job is making and repairing wooden things.
  • carpentry — Carpentry is the activity of making and repairing wooden things.
  • carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
  • carrageen — an edible red seaweed, Chondrus crispus, of North America and N Europe
  • carrigeen — Alternative form of carrageen.
  • carronade — an obsolete naval gun of short barrel and large bore
  • carstensz — Mount Djaja Peak
  • cartagena — a port in NW Colombia, on the Caribbean: centre for the Inquisition and the slave trade in the 16th century; chief oil port of Colombia. Pop: 1 002 000 (2005 est)
  • cartesian — of or relating to the works of René Descartes
  • cartonage — the material from which many Egyptian mummy masks and coffins were made, consisting of linen or papyrus held together with glue
  • cartonero — A person in Latin America who collects discarded waste, such as cardboard, to reuse or resell.
  • cartooney — Misspelling of cartoony.
  • caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.
  • caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
  • casebound — bound in hard covers.
  • caseinate — a salt of casein
  • casements — Plural form of casement.
  • cassander — c354-297 b.c, king of Macedonia 301-297 (son of Antipater).
  • cassingle — a cassette single
  • cassonade — raw or unrefined sugar
  • castanedaCarlos, 1925–1998, U.S. anthropologist and writer, born in Peru.
  • castanets — Castanets are a Spanish musical instrument consisting of two small round pieces of wood or plastic held together by a cord. You hold the castanets in your hand and knock the pieces together with your fingers.
  • castellan — a keeper or governor of a castle
  • castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
  • castering — a person or thing that casts.
  • catamenia — menstrual discharge; menstruation
  • cataplane — an aircraft designed to be launched by a catapult.
  • catchline — a slogan, esp one used in a political or advertising campaign
  • catchment — In geography, catchment is the process of collecting water, in particular the process of water flowing from the ground and collecting in a river. Catchment is also the water that is collected in this way.
  • catenated — Connected in a chain or series.
  • catenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catenate.
  • cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
  • catherine — Saint. died 307 ad, legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded
  • cathinone — (organic compound) The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone that is the active ingredient of khat.
  • catkinate — like a catkin
  • catnapped — Simple past tense and past participle of catnap.
  • catnapper — a person who catnaps
  • cattiness — catlike; feline.
  • cattleman — A cattleman is a man who looks after or owns cattle, especially in North America or Australia.
  • cattlemen — Plural form of cattleman.
  • cauquenes — a city in central Chile.
  • cauterant — caustic; cauterizing
  • cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
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