9-letter words containing c, a, r, e, t
- interacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interact.
- interarch — to have intersecting arches
- interclan — a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
- interface — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- interlace — progressive coding
- interrace — interracial
- intricate — having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- lacerated — lacerated.
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- lateritic — a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- lectorate — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- macerated — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- macerates — Plural form of macerate.
- macerator — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- machmeter — a device that indicates airspeed relative to the speed of sound.
- macrocyte — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- matricide — the act of killing one's mother.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- mccartney — (Sir) (James) Paul, born 1942, English singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist for the Beatles.
- mercaptan — any of a class of sulfur-containing compounds having the type formula RSH, in which R represents a radical, and having an extremely offensive, garlicky odor.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- mercurate — Also, mercuriate [mer-kyoo r-ee-it, -eyt] /mərˈkyʊər i ɪt, -ˌeɪt/ (Show IPA). any salt in which bivalent mercury is part of a complex anion.
- metacarpi — Plural form of metacarpus.
- metacryst — a crystal formed by recrystallization of minerals in a metamorphic rock.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metameric — Also, metameral, M03/M0350800 muh-tam-er-uh l, məˈtæm ər əl. Zoology. consisting of metameres. pertaining to metamerism.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- metricate — Change or adapt to a metric system of measurement.