9-letter words containing c, a, n
- careening — Present participle of careen.
- careering — an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- carefront — To caringly confront an individual; To approach someone in love and respect and correct them in an honoring manner.
- caressing — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- caretaken — looked after
- caribbean — The Caribbean is the sea which is between the West Indies, Central America and the north coast of South America.
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- carinated — Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- carinthia — a state of S Austria: an independent duchy from 976 to 1276; mainly mountainous, with many lakes and resorts. Capital: Klagenfurt. Pop: 559 440 (2003 est). Area: 9533 sq km (3681 sq miles)
- carnalise — sensualise
- carnalism — the quality or state of being sensual
- carnality — pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
- carnalize — to sensualise
- carnaroli — a variety of short-grain rice used for risotto
- carnarvon — a seaport in W Gwynedd, in NW Wales, on Menai Strait: 13th-century castle of Edward II.
- carnation — A carnation is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- carneades — 214?–129? b.c, Greek philosopher.
- carnelian — a red or reddish-yellow translucent variety of chalcedony, used as a gemstone
- carnified — Simple past tense and past participle of carnify.
- carnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify.
- carnitine — a white betaine, C7H15NO3, found in the liver and required for transporting fatty acids from the cytosol into the mitochondria
- carnivals — Plural form of carnival.
- carnivora — carnivorous animals collectively
- carnivore — A carnivore is an animal that eats meat.
- carnivory — the eating of animal flesh
- carnosaur — any of various large carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria, including the allosaurs
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carnotite — a radioactive yellow mineral consisting of hydrated uranium potassium vanadate: occurs in sedimentary rocks and is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium. Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O
- carolling — a song, especially of joy.
- carotenes — Plural form of carotene.
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carpenter — A carpenter is a person whose job is making and repairing wooden things.
- carpentry — Carpentry is the activity of making and repairing wooden things.
- carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- carpingly — In a carping manner.
- carrageen — an edible red seaweed, Chondrus crispus, of North America and N Europe
- carrigeen — Alternative form of carrageen.
- carronade — an obsolete naval gun of short barrel and large bore
- carstensz — Mount Djaja Peak
- cartagena — a port in NW Colombia, on the Caribbean: centre for the Inquisition and the slave trade in the 16th century; chief oil port of Colombia. Pop: 1 002 000 (2005 est)
- cartesian — of or relating to the works of René Descartes
- carthamin — (organic compound) A red colouring matter obtained from the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius.
- cartonage — the material from which many Egyptian mummy masks and coffins were made, consisting of linen or papyrus held together with glue
- cartonero — A person in Latin America who collects discarded waste, such as cardboard, to reuse or resell.
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- cartooney — Misspelling of cartoony.
- caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.
- caruncula — A caruncle.
- casanovas — Plural form of casanova.
- cascading — Present participle of cascade.