9-letter words containing a, n, t, r, c
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- construal — an act of construing
- contactor — a type of switch for repeatedly opening and closing an electric circuit. Its operation can be mechanical, electromagnetic, or pneumatic
- contadora — Contadora Group.
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- contracts — Plural form of contract.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- contralto — A contralto is a woman with a low singing voice.
- contranym — A word that has two opposing meanings, such as 'cleave' (“come together” or “split apart”).
- contrasts — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
- cormorant — A cormorant is a type of dark-coloured bird with a long neck. Cormorants usually live near the sea and eat fish.
- cornstalk — a stalk or stem of corn
- coronated — having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
- coruscant — giving off flashes of light
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- courtezan — Alternative spelling of courtesan.
- covariant — a variant that changes leaving interrelations with another variant (or variants) unchanged
- craftsman — A craftsman is a man who makes things skilfully with his hands.
- craftsmen — a person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- 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.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- crenature — a rounded projection, as on the margin of a leaf, etc.
- crenelate — to furnish with battlements or crenels, or with squared notches
- crenulate — having a margin very finely notched with rounded projections, as certain leaves
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- cunctator — (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus"Cunctator") 275–203 b.c, Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- cyanurate — a salt or ester derived from cyanide
- cybernate — to control (a manufacturing process) with a servomechanism or (of a process) to be controlled by a servomechanism
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot