9-letter words containing c, e, r, a
- crane fly — any dipterous fly of the family Tipulidae, having long legs, slender wings, and a narrow body
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankcase — the metal housing that encloses the crankshaft, connecting rods, etc, in an internal-combustion engine, reciprocating pump, etc
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crankness — (of a vessel) the liability to capsize
- cranreuch — a hoarfrost
- crapelike — resembling crape
- crappiest — Superlative form of crappy.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- crassness — The state of being crass.
- crataegus — (botany) Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- craterlet — a small crater
- craterous — of, relating to, or resembling a crater
- craveable — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- crazyweed — locoweed
- cream ice — ice cream.
- cream jug — a small jug for serving cream
- cream off — To cream off part of a group of people means to take them away and treat them in a special way, because they are better than the others.
- cream tea — In Britain, a cream tea is an afternoon meal that consists of tea to drink and small cakes called scones that are eaten with jam and cream. Cream teas are served in places such as tea shops.
- creamcups — a Californian papaveraceous plant, Platystemon californicus, with small cream-coloured or yellow flowers on long flower stalks
- creamiest — Superlative form of creamy.
- creamlaid — (of laid paper) cream-coloured and of a ribbed appearance
- creamlike — Resembling cream.
- creampuff — puff pastry filled with cream
- creamware — a type of earthenware with a deep cream body developed about 1720 and widely produced
- creamwove — (of wove paper) cream-coloured and even-surfaced
- crease up — If someone or something makes you crease up or creases you up, they make you laugh a lot.
- creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- creatress — A female creator.
- creatural — of, relating to, or of the nature of a creature.
- creatures — Plural form of creature.
- credenzas — Plural form of credenza.
- creek war — an uprising in 1813–14 of the Creek Indians against settlers in Alabama: frontier militia from Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi under Andrew Jackson helped defeat the Creek, who ceded two-thirds of their land to the U.S.
- cremaster — the muscle which raises and lowers the testicles
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crematory — A crematory is the same as a crematorium.
- cremocarp — any fruit consisting of two united carpels which hang from a supporting axis
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- crenature — a rounded projection, as on the margin of a leaf, etc.
- crenelate — to furnish with battlements or crenels, or with squared notches
- crenulate — having a margin very finely notched with rounded projections, as certain leaves
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- crepitate — to make a rattling or crackling sound; rattle or crackle
- crevassed — containing deep cracks or fissures