9-letter words containing c, a, r, i, n
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- principal — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- principia — a principle.
- printback — an enlarged print from a microfilm copy.
- proaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- querencia — (bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand. (from 1930s).
- rabbinics — the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.
- racegoing — that goes to races
- rachidian — (anatomy, zoology) Of or relating to the rachis; spinal; vertebral.
- raciation — the evolutionary development of races
- racketing — Slang. an occupation, livelihood, or business. an easy or profitable source of livelihood.
- rackingly — in a racking manner
- radionics — a dowsing technique using a pendulum to detect the energy fields that are emitted by all forms of matter
- raincheck — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rancheria — a family household unit or settlement.
- rancherie — an Indian village or settlement, especially one located on a reserve.
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- rancidity — having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils: rancid butter.
- recalling — to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
- recapping — to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.
- recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- reclinate — bending or curved downward.
- recoinage — the act, process, or right of making coins.
- red china — China, People's Republic of.
- redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- refinance — to finance again.
- rein back — To rein back something such as spending means to control it strictly.
- replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replicant — an android that is indistinguishable from a human being
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rice bean — a twining southern Asian vine, Vigna umbellata, of the legume family, cultivated for its edible seeds.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- rifamycin — an antibiotic which can be synthesized artificially or naturally and is used in the treatment of infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy
- ring back — If you ring someone back, you phone them either because they phoned you earlier and you were not there or because you did not finish an earlier telephone conversation.
- rocinante — Rosinante.
- rubrician — an expert in or close adherent to liturgical rubrics.
- ructation — an eructation or belch
- runcinate — (of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward.
- rusticana — objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles
- saccharin — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 7 H 5 NO 3 S, produced synthetically, which in dilute solution is 500 times as sweet as sugar: its soluble sodium salt is used as a noncaloric sugar substitute in the manufacture of syrups, foods, and beverages.
- sacristan — Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- saracenic — History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcosine — a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.