9-letter words containing c, a, r
- companera — (in the southwestern U.S.) a female companion; friend.
- companero — (in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
- comparing — Present participle of compare.
- comprador — (formerly in China and some other Asian countries) a native agent of a foreign enterprise
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- comradery — camaraderie or comradeship
- con amore — (to be performed) lovingly
- concealer — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- conchobar — (in Irish legend) a king of Ulster at about the beginning of the Christian era
- conciliar — of, from, or by means of a council, esp an ecclesiastical one
- concordal — of or relating to concord
- concordat — a pact or treaty, esp one between the Vatican and another state concerning the interests of religion in that state
- concordia — the ancient Roman goddess of harmony or peace.
- concreate — to create at the same time
- conferral — a conferring of an honor, degree, or favor; bestowal
- confervae — Plural form of conferva.
- conformal — (of a transformation) preserving the angles of the depicted surface
- connature — the state or quality of sharing a common nature or character
- connemara — a barren coastal region of W Republic of Ireland, in Co Galway: consists of quartzite mountains, peat bogs, and many lakes; noted for its breed of pony originating from the hilly regions
- conrad ii — c990–1039, king of Germany 1024–39 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1027–39.
- conrad iv — 1228–54, king of Germany 1237–54 and Sicily 1251–54; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (son of Frederick II).
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- construal — an act of construing
- contactor — a type of switch for repeatedly opening and closing an electric circuit. Its operation can be mechanical, electromagnetic, or pneumatic
- contadora — Contadora Group.
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- contracts — Plural form of contract.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- contralto — A contralto is a woman with a low singing voice.
- contranym — A word that has two opposing meanings, such as 'cleave' (“come together” or “split apart”).
- contrasts — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- conybeare — William Daniel. 1787–1857, British geologist. He summarized all that was known about rocks at the time in Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales (1822)
- cooperage — the craft, place of work, or products of a cooper
- cooperate — If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- coordinal — (of animals or plants) belonging to the same order
- coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
- copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
- copatriot — a fellow patriot
- copraemia — a type of poisoning caused by faecal matter entering the bloodstream as a result of chronic constipation
- copraemic — of or relating to copraemia
- copy-read — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- coral sea — the SW arm of the Pacific, between Australia, New Guinea, and Vanuatu
- coralline — of, relating to, or resembling coral
- corallite — the skeleton of a coral polyp
- coralloid — of or resembling coral