9-letter words containing a, o, r, i
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- chromatic — In music, chromatic means related to the scale that consists only of semitones.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- chromidia — chromatins in cell cytoplasm
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- cigarillo — a small cigar often only slightly larger than a cigarette
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- claiborne — a male given name.
- clamoring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clavicorn — any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
- claviform — clavate
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
- coalminer — One who mines for coal.
- coaration — Cooperative ploughing.
- cogitator — to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- coleraine — a town in N Northern Ireland, in Coleraine district, Co Antrim, on the River Bann; light industries; university (1965). Pop: 24 089 (2001)
- collaring — Present participle of collar.
- collinear — lying on the same straight line
- colubriad — a poem about a snake
- commissar — an official of the Communist Party responsible for political education, esp in a military unit
- comparing — Present participle of compare.
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- conciliar — of, from, or by means of a council, esp an ecclesiastical one
- concordia — the ancient Roman goddess of harmony or peace.
- 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).
- 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.
- coordinal — (of animals or plants) belonging to the same order
- copatriot — a fellow patriot
- copraemia — a type of poisoning caused by faecal matter entering the bloodstream as a result of chronic constipation
- copraemic — of or relating to copraemia
- coralline — of, relating to, or resembling coral
- corallite — the skeleton of a coral polyp
- coralloid — of or resembling coral
- corbicula — pollen basket.