9-letter words containing a, t, r, e, u
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- budgetary — A budgetary matter or policy is concerned with the amount of money that is available to a country or organization, and how it is to be spent.
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- burn rate — The burn rate of a startup company is a measure of how fast it uses up its capital before becoming profitable.
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- by nature — essentially or innately
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carburate — carburet.
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- carve out — to make or create (a career)
- carve-out — to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- caterwaul — If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
- cauterant — caustic; cauterizing
- cauteries — Plural form of cautery.
- cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cauterize — If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- centaurea — any of a genus (Centaurea) of annual and perennial plants of the composite family, having egg-shaped flower heads, including the star thistles and the bachelor's buttons
- centauric — characterized by an integration of mind and body for consciousness above the ego-self
- centaurus — a conspicuous extensive constellation in the S hemisphere, close to the Southern Cross, that contains two first magnitude stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, and the globular cluster Omega Centauri
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- ceratodus — any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
- chartreux — a breed of sturdy cat with short dense woolly fur
- chartulae — charta (def 2).
- ciguatera — food poisoning caused by a ciguatoxin in seafood
- circulate — If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- clear out — If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
- clear-cut — Something that is clear-cut is easy to recognize and quite distinct.
- cofeature — a joint feature
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- connature — the state or quality of sharing a common nature or character
- corrugate — to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
- coruscate — to emit flashes of light; sparkle
- 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.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- crataegus — (botany) Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
- craterous — of, relating to, or resembling a crater
- creatural — of, relating to, or of the nature of a creature.
- creatures — Plural form of creature.