9-letter words containing c, a, r, n, i
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- cafe noir — black coffee
- cairngorm — a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone
- calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
- calandria — a cylindrical vessel through which tubes pass, esp one forming part of an evaporator, heat exchanger, or nuclear reactor
- calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- calvarian — calvarial
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- cancerian — a person born under the sign of Cancer, usually between June 21 and July 22.
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- canicular — of or relating to the star Sirius or its rising
- canisters — Plural form of canister.
- cankering — a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- canneries — Plural form of cannery.
- cannister — Misspelling of canister.
- cannonier — Alternative form of cannoneer.
- canonizer — a person who canonizes
- canonries — Plural form of canonry.
- cantabria — a province and autonomous community in N Spain
- cantering — an easy gallop.
- cantharid — any beetle of the family Cantharidae, having a soft elongated body; though found frequenting flowers, they are carnivorous
- cantharis — Spanish fly (sense 1)
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- capricorn — Capricorn is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a goat. People who are born approximately between the 22nd of December and the 19th of January come under this sign.
- captainry — captainship
- capturing — Present participle of capture.
- carabiner — in mountain climbing, an oval metal ring with a snap link used to fasten a rope to the piton
- carangids — Plural form of carangid.
- carangoid — resembling a fish of the family Carangidae; carangid.
- caratinga — a city in E Brazil.
- carbamino — relating to the compound produced when carbon dioxide reacts with an amino group
- carbanion — a negatively charged organic ion in which most of the negative charge is localized on a carbon atom
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbineer — (formerly) a soldier equipped with a carbine
- carbonari — a secret political society with liberal republican aims, originating in S Italy about 1811 and particularly engaged in the struggle for Italian unification
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- carcinoid — a small serotonin-secreting tumour, usually slow-growing and occurring in the gastrointestinal tract, although it may spread to the liver
- carcinoma — Carcinoma is a type of cancer.
- cardamine — bittercress
- cardigans — Plural form of cardigan.
- cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- 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.