9-letter words containing c, a, o, u
- cajeputol — cineole.
- cajuputol — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- calculose — calculous
- calculous — of or suffering from a calculus
- calembour — a pun
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- callouses — made hard; hardened.
- callously — made hard; hardened.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- cankerous — having cankers
- canonicus — c1565–1647, Narragansett leader: yielded Rhode Island to Roger Williams 1636.
- cap cloud — a stationary cloud directly above an isolated mountain peak. Compare banner cloud, crest cloud.
- capacious — Something that is capacious has a lot of space to put things in.
- 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.
- carcajous — Plural form of carcajou.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cassoulet — a stew originating from France, made from haricot beans and goose, duck, pork, etc
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- catalogue — A catalogue is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library.
- catamount — any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
- catch out — To catch someone out means to cause them to make a mistake that reveals that they are lying about something, do not know something, or cannot do something.
- cathouses — Plural form of cathouse.
- caucasoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to the lighter-complexioned supposed racial group of mankind, which includes the peoples indigenous to Europe, N Africa, SW Asia, and the Indian subcontinent and their descendants in other parts of the world
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- caudillos — Plural form of caudillo.
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cautelous — crafty or cunning
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.