9-letter words containing a, r, s
- crown saw — a hollow cylinder with cutting teeth forming a rotary saw for trepanning
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- crusaders — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusading — campaigning
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- crush bar — a bar at a theatre for serving drinks during the intervals of a play
- crushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- crustacea — a collective term for members of the Crustacea class of (mainly aquatic) mandibulate arthropods, characterized by their usually chitinous exoskeletons
- crybabies — Plural form of crybaby.
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- crystall- — crystallo-
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- cuirasses — Plural form of cuirass.
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- curassows — Plural form of curassow.
- curatress — A female curator.
- curialism — the doctrine and methods of the ultramontane party in the Roman Catholic Church
- curialist — a member or supporter of the papal curia
- cursorial — adapted for running
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- custumary — Obsolete form of customary.
- cut-grass — any grass (esp. Leersia oryzoides) having tiny hooks along the edges of the blades that cause scratches on the human skin
- cutwaters — Plural form of cutwater.
- cybercash — Funds used in electronic financial transactions, especially over the Internet.
- cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- daiquiris — Plural form of daiquiri.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- darius ii — (Ochus) died 404 b.c, king of Persia 424–404 (son of Artaxerxes I).
- dark ages — the period from about the late 5th century ad to about 1000 ad, once considered an unenlightened period
- dark star — an invisible star known to exist only from observation of its radio, infrared, or other spectrum or of its gravitational effect, such as an invisible component of a binary or multiple star
- darkeners — Plural form of darkener.
- darkeness — Obsolete form of darkness.
- darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
- darklings — in darkness
- darknesse — Archaic spelling of darkness.
- darkrooms — Plural form of darkroom.
- darkslide — Alternative form of dark slide.
- darmstadt — an industrial city in central Germany, in Hesse: former capital of the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (1567–1945). Pop: 139 698 (2003 est)
- darnedest — (euphemistic) See damnedest.
- darwinism — the theory of the origin of animal and plant species by evolution through a process of natural selection
- darwinist — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
- dastardly — If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.