9-letter words containing a, u, r, n, o
- carnosaur — any of various large carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria, including the allosaurs
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- 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.
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.
- coenamour — to enamour jointly
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- colourant — A colourant is a substance that is used to give something a particular colour.
- colourman — a person who deals in paints
- communard — a member of a commune
- connature — the state or quality of sharing a common nature or character
- construal — an act of construing
- cornicula — plural form of singular corniculum: small horn
- coruscant — giving off flashes of light
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- coumarone — a colorless liquid, C8H6O, derived from coal tar and combined with indene to produce synthetic resins used in paints, adhesives, etc.
- couraging — Present participle of courage.
- 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.
- 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.
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- 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.
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- currajong — kurrajong
- currawong — any Australian crowlike songbird of the genus Strepera, having black, grey, and white plumage: family Cracticidae
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- demeanour — Your demeanour is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- dinosaurs — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- draghound — a hound for use in following a hunting drag, specifically bred for speed and stamina rather than subtlety of sense of smell.
- draw upon — use as source or resource
- drawn-out — long-drawn-out.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- duobinary — denoting a communications system for coding digital data in which three data bands are used, 0, +1, –1
- duodenary — duodecimal.
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- ecuadoran — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- enamoured — Alternative spelling of enamored.
- encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- endeavour — Standard spelling of endeavor.
- entourage — A group of people attending or surrounding an important person.
- epuration — purification