9-letter words containing a, r, n, o
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- catanzaro — a city in S Italy, in Calabria. Pop: 95 251 (2001)
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
- ceromancy — divination by interpreting the significance of shapes formed when melted wax is dropped into water
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- chaeronea — an ancient Greek town in W Boeotia: site of the victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians and Thebans (338 bc) and of Sulla over Mithridates (86 bc)
- chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
- chamfrons — Plural form of chamfron.
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- chaperone — A chaperone is someone who accompanies another person somewhere in order to make sure that they do not come to any harm.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- charangos — Plural form of charango.
- charleton — a male given name.
- charwoman — A charwoman is a woman who is employed to clean houses or offices.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chloracne — a disfiguring skin disease that results from contact with or ingestion or inhalation of certain chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chondroma — a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
- chromagen — (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein.
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- 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
- 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.
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.
- claremont — a town in SW California.
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- clavicorn — any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
- cleanroom — A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices.
- co-anchor — one of the usually two anchors for a radio or TV newscast
- co-parent — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- coalminer — One who mines for coal.
- coaration — Cooperative ploughing.
- coarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of coarsen.
- coenamour — to enamour jointly
- coenosarc — a system of protoplasmic branches connecting the polyps of colonial organisms such as corals
- coeternal — existing together eternally
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- colanders — Plural form of colander.