9-letter words containing c, a, r
- crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
- cross sea — a sea with a choppy surface produced by the intersection of waves from different storms.
- crossable — able to be crossed
- crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
- crossbars — Plural form of crossbar.
- crossbeam — A crossbeam is a long, thick bar of wood, metal, or concrete that is placed between two walls or other structures, especially in order to support the roof of a building.
- crossfall — the camber of a road
- crosshair — either of the two fine mutually perpendicular lines or wires that cross in the focal plane of a theodolite, gunsight, or other optical instrument and are used to define the line of sight
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- crossjack — a square sail on a ship's mizzenmast
- crossrail — a horizontal slat forming part of the back of a chair.
- crossroad — a road that crosses another road
- crosstabs — Simple language for statistical analysis of tabular data. "User's Manual for the CROSSTABS System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (Feb 1977).
- crosstalk — unwanted signals in one channel of a communications system as a result of a transfer of energy from one or more other channels
- crosswalk — A crosswalk is a place where pedestrians can cross a street and where drivers must stop to let them cross.
- crossways — crosswise.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crow pram — concurrent read, owner write PRAM.
- croweater — (Australia, slang) A person from South Australia.
- crown cap — an airtight metal seal crimped on the top of most bottled beers, ciders, mineral waters, etc
- crown law — criminal law
- crown saw — a hollow cylinder with cutting teeth forming a rotary saw for trepanning
- crownland — a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
- crucially — involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical: a crucial experiment.
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- crusaders — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusading — campaigning
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- crush bar — a bar at a theatre for serving drinks during the intervals of a play
- crushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- crustacea — a collective term for members of the Crustacea class of (mainly aquatic) mandibulate arthropods, characterized by their usually chitinous exoskeletons
- cruz alta — a city in S Brazil.
- cry havoc — to give the signal for pillage and destruction
- crybabies — Plural form of crybaby.
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cryocable — a highly conducting electrical cable cooled with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- cryptical — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- crystall- — crystallo-
- cuadrilla — a small group, esp a matador's assistants
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cube farm — an office which is divided up by mid-height partitions to create separate work spaces
- cucaracha — a cockroach
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- cuirasses — Plural form of cuirass.