9-letter words containing a, n, t, r, c, i
- carnation — A carnation is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- carnitine — a white betaine, C7H15NO3, found in the liver and required for transporting fatty acids from the cytosol into the mitochondria
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- 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
- carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- cartesian — of or relating to the works of René Descartes
- carthamin — (organic compound) A red colouring matter obtained from the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius.
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- cat-train — a train of sleds, cabooses, etc, pulled by a caterpillar tractor, used chiefly in the north during winter to transport freight
- catherine — Saint. died 307 ad, legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- centauric — characterized by an integration of mind and body for consciousness above the ego-self
- centigram — one hundredth of a gram
- centralia — a city in central Illinois.
- centrical — pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- christian — A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- circinate — (of part of a plant, such as a young fern) coiled so that the tip is at the centre
- circulant — (mathematics) A circulant matrix.
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- 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.
- coaration — Cooperative ploughing.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- covariant — a variant that changes leaving interrelations with another variant (or variants) unchanged
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.