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9-letter words containing b, r, a, n, c

  • 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
  • bucranium — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
  • cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
  • cabinetry — cabinets collectively
  • calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
  • cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
  • canberran — a native or inhabitant of Canberra
  • candy bar — A candy bar is a long, thin, sweet food, usually covered in chocolate.
  • canebrake — a thicket of canes
  • canebreak — Alternative spelling of canebrake.
  • canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
  • cantabria — a province and autonomous community in N Spain
  • carabiner — in mountain climbing, an oval metal ring with a snap link used to fasten a rope to the piton
  • carbamino — relating to the compound produced when carbon dioxide reacts with an amino group
  • carbanion — a negatively charged organic ion in which most of the negative charge is localized on a carbon atom
  • carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
  • carbineer — (formerly) a soldier equipped with a carbine
  • carbon 12 — the isotopic carbon atom that comprises 99 percent of naturally occurring carbon, and that since 1961 has been used as the standard for atomic weight by representing a unit of 12.00000.
  • carbon 13 — the stable isotope of carbon having an atomic mass number 13, used as a tracer.
  • carbon 14 — radiocarbon (def 1).
  • carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
  • carbonado — a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled
  • carbonara — a sauce, containing cream, bacon, cheese and egg, that is usually served with pasta
  • carbonari — a secret political society with liberal republican aims, originating in S Italy about 1811 and particularly engaged in the struggle for Italian unification
  • carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
  • carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
  • carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
  • carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
  • carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
  • carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
  • carborane — any of the crystalline compounds obtained by the substitution of carbon for boron in borane.
  • carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
  • carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
  • caribbean — The Caribbean is the sea which is between the West Indies, Central America and the north coast of South America.
  • cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
  • celebrant — A celebrant is a person who performs or takes part in a religious ceremony.
  • charabanc — A charabanc is a large old-fashioned coach with several rows of seats. Charabancs were used especially for taking people on trips or on holiday.
  • claiborne — a male given name.
  • conchobar — (in Irish legend) a king of Ulster at about the beginning of the Christian era
  • conybeare — William Daniel. 1787–1857, British geologist. He summarized all that was known about rocks at the time in Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales (1822)
  • cornballs — Plural form of cornball.
  • cornbraid — to braid (hair) in close parallel rows, creating a hairstyle known as a corn row
  • cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
  • cornbread — Cornbread is bread made from ground maize or corn. It is popular in the United States.
  • cranberry — Cranberries are red berries with a sour taste. They are often used to make a sauce or jelly that you eat with meat.
  • cranbrook — a city in SE British Columbia, in SW Canada.
  • crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
  • cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
  • cumbrance — a burden, obstacle, or hindrance
  • cybernate — to control (a manufacturing process) with a servomechanism or (of a process) to be controlled by a servomechanism
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