9-letter words containing c, a, i, r, n
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- coordinal — (of animals or plants) belonging to the same order
- coralline — of, relating to, or resembling coral
- coriander — Coriander is a plant with seeds that are used as a spice and leaves that are used as a herb.
- corkonian — a native or inhabitant of the city of Cork
- cornbraid — to braid (hair) in close parallel rows, creating a hairstyle known as a corn row
- cornelian — carnelian
- cornicula — plural form of singular corniculum: small horn
- corniglia — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- corrading — Present participle of corrade.
- corraling — Present participle of corral.
- corrasion — erosion of a rock surface by rock fragments transported over it by water, wind, or ice
- corsicana — a city in E Texas.
- couraging — Present participle of courage.
- covariant — a variant that changes leaving interrelations with another variant (or variants) unchanged
- crackling — the crisp browned skin of roast pork
- craigavon — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Armagh. Pop: 57 685 (2001). Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles)
- cranially — With regard to the cranium.
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crankpins — Plural form of crankpin.
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- cravingly — With longing or craving.
- crayoning — Draw with a crayon or crayons.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- criminals — Plural form of criminal.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- crinoidal — (zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crusading — campaigning
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- cunicular — a small conduit or burrow, as an underground drain or rabbit hole.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- cybrarian — a person responsible for archives and information available on the internet
- cyrenaica — a region and former province (1951–63) of E Libya: largely desert; settled by the Greeks in about 630 bc; ruled successively by the Egyptians, Romans, Arabs, Turks, and Italians. Area: 855 370 sq km (330 258 sq miles)
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages