9-letter words containing a, u, r
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- canicular — of or relating to the star Sirius or its rising
- cankerous — having cankers
- cannelure — a groove or fluting, esp one around the cylindrical part of a bullet
- cantharus — a large two-handled pottery cup
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
- capitular — of or associated with a cathedral chapter
- capsulary — Archaic form of capsular.
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capturing — Present participle of capture.
- caratacus — died ?54 ad, British chieftain: led an unsuccessful resistance against the Romans (43–50)
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
- carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
- carburate — carburet.
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- carcajous — Plural form of carcajou.
- cardpunch — a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards
- carefully — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- carnosaur — any of various large carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria, including the allosaurs
- carousals — Plural form of carousal.
- carousels — A merry-go-round.
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- carrefour — a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads
- carrousel — carousel
- carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- carry-out — food: take-away
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- cartulary — a collection of charters or records, esp relating to the title to an estate or monastery
- caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.
- caruncula — A caruncle.
- 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.
- cascadura — a small Trinidadian catfish of the family Callichthyidae, with tough scaly skin
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- casuarina — any tree of the genus Casuarina, of Australia and the East Indies, having jointed leafless branchlets: family Casuarinaceae
- casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- caterwaul — If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
- cauchemar — a nightmare
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis