9-letter words containing c, b, r, a
- forceable — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- fractable — a coping concealing the slopes of the roof, especially one having an ornamental silhouette.
- gernsback — Hugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.
- gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
- graybacks — Plural form of grayback.
- greenback — a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War, originally issued against the credit of the country and not against gold or silver on deposit.
- hackberry — any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
- hardbacks — Plural form of hardback.
- hark back — to listen attentively; hearken.
- high-carb — having a high carbohydrate content
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- iceboater — a person who races iceboats, especially as a hobby or in competition.
- imbracery — embracery.
- imbricate — overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
- incubator — an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.
- incurable — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- incurably — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- intraclub — Within a club.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- jib crane — a crane having an arm guyed at a fixed angle to the head of a rotating mast.
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- king crab — horseshoe crab.
- la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
- lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
- land crab — any of several crabs, especially of the family Gecarcinidae, that live chiefly upon land, returning to the sea to breed.
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- lumbrical — any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot.
- lyre back — a back of a chair or the like having a pierced splat in the form of a lyre, often with metal rods representing strings.
- macabrely — In a macabre manner.
- macbinary — (file format) An eight-bit wide representation of the data and resource forks of an Macintosh file and of relevant Finder information. MacBinary files are recognised as "special" by several MacIntosh terminal emulators. These emulators, using Kermit or XMODEM or any other file transfer protocol, can separate the incoming file into forks and appropriately modify the Desktop to display icons, types, creation dates, and the like.
- macrobian — Having an exceptionally long life span.
- mainbrace — a brace leading to a main yard.
- maracaibo — a seaport in NW Venezuela.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- microbeam — (physics) A beam having a small cross section.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microbian — (biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial.
- mobocracy — political control by a mob.
- mole crab — a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace.
- morecambe — a port and resort in NW England, in NW Lancashire on Morecambe Bay (an inlet of the Irish Sea). Pop (with Heysham): 49 569 (2001)
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.