9-letter words containing c, a, r, n
- rein back — To rein back something such as spending means to control it strictly.
- relevance — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- relevancy — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- reluctant — unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
- remanence — the magnetic flux that remains in a magnetic circuit after an applied magnetomotive force has been removed.
- renascent — being reborn; springing again into being or vigor: a renascent interest in Henry James.
- 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
- resonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- 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.
- rock band — heavy pop music group
- romanesco — a variety of green cauliflower
- rosecrans — William Starke [stahrk] /stɑrk/ (Show IPA), 1819–98, U.S. general.
- rounceval — a variety of large pea
- roundarch — having rounded arches
- 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.
- runecraft — understanding of and skill working with runes
- 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.
- sacrament — Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- 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.
- sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
- sand crab — any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab.
- sandcrack — a perpendicular fissure in some part of the wall of an animal's hoof, esp. of a horse, often caused by sandy soil
- saracenic — History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- sarbacane — a type of blowpipe
- 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.
- scamander — ancient name of the river Menderes.
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- scariness — the state or quality of being scary
- scaringly — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scarpines — an instrument for torturing feet
- scavenger — an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
- scenarios — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- scenarist — a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- scenarize — to make or create a scenario of something
- schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
- schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdy medium-sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper-and-salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a guard dog and later used in police work.
- scramming — to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.
- scrape in — to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin
- scrapings — Scrapings are small amounts or pieces that have been scraped off something.