9-letter words containing c, e, r, a
- codeshare — (aviation) Agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.
- coenamour — to enamour jointly
- coenosarc — a system of protoplasmic branches connecting the polyps of colonial organisms such as corals
- coeternal — existing together eternally
- cofeature — a joint feature
- cofferdam — a watertight structure, usually of sheet piling, that encloses an area under water, pumped dry to enable construction work to be carried out. Below a certain depth a caisson is required
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- colaborer — One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- coldwater — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- coleraine — a town in N Northern Ireland, in Coleraine district, Co Antrim, on the River Bann; light industries; university (1965). Pop: 24 089 (2001)
- collinear — lying on the same straight line
- colorable — capable of being colored
- combaters — Plural form of combater.
- commander — A commander is an officer in charge of a military operation or organization.
- compacter — Comparative form of compact.
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- compander — a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus
- companera — (in the southwestern U.S.) a female companion; friend.
- companero — (in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
- 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.
- concreate — to create at the same time
- conferral — a conferring of an honor, degree, or favor; bestowal
- confervae — Plural form of conferva.
- 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
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- 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.
- coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
- copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
- 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
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- core leak — memory leak
- corelated — to correlate.
- coremaker — a person who makes cores for foundry molds.
- coriander — Coriander is a plant with seeds that are used as a spice and leaves that are used as a herb.
- corn cake — Midland and Southern U.S. a flat corn bread baked on a griddle.