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

  • archangel — In the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions, an archangel is an angel of the highest rank.
  • archebanc — a bench or settle of the medieval and Renaissance periods, wide enough for several persons and having a seat with a chest beneath, arms at the ends, and a high back.
  • archenemy — a chief enemy
  • archfiend — a chief fiend
  • archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
  • arcminute — unit of angular measurement, 1⁄60 of a degree
  • arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
  • arecoline — a drug derived from betel nuts and producing a range of effects, including increased salivation, body temperature, and heart rate
  • arrivance — the action or state of arriving
  • arrogance — the quality or state of being arrogant; overbearing pride or self-importance
  • arsenical — of or containing arsenic
  • ascenders — Plural form of ascender.
  • ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
  • ascertain — If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
  • assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
  • autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
  • avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
  • bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
  • balancers — Plural form of balancer.
  • barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
  • barnacled — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
  • barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
  • baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
  • bean curd — Bean curd is a soft white or brown food made from soya beans.
  • benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
  • binuclear — having two nuclei
  • blackener — someone who blackens
  • bracknell — a town in SE England, in Bracknell Forest unitary authority, Berkshire, designated a new town in 1949. Pop: 70 795 (2001)
  • braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
  • branchery — a group or system of branches
  • branchiae — the gills of an aquatic animal
  • branchlet — a small branch
  • breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
  • breakneck — If you say that something happens or travels at breakneck speed, you mean that it happens or travels very fast.
  • brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
  • buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • 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
  • c-spanner — a sickle-shaped spanner having a projection at the end of the curve, used for turning large narrow nuts that have an indentation into which the projection on the spanner fits
  • cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
  • cabinetry — cabinets collectively
  • caesarean — of or relating to any of the Caesars, esp Julius Caesar
  • caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
  • cafe noir — black coffee
  • calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
  • calendars — Plural form of calendar.
  • calenders — Plural form of calender.
  • calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
  • calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
  • cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
  • cameraman — A cameraman is a person who operates a camera for television or film making.
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