9-letter words containing c, e, r, a
- crevasses — Plural form of crevasse.
- crew pram — concurrent read, exclusive write PRAM.
- crewmates — Plural form of crewmate.
- crewwoman — A female crewmember.
- cribellar — of or relating to the cribellum of a spider
- crimeware — (computing) Software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- crispated — Crispate.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- criterial — of or relating to criteria
- criterias — (nonstandard, proscribed) Plural form of criteria.
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- 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
- 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.
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- croweater — (Australia, slang) A person from South Australia.
- 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.
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- 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
- crybabies — Plural form of crybaby.
- 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.
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cube farm — an office which is divided up by mid-height partitions to create separate work spaces
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- cuirasses — Plural form of cuirass.
- cultrated — Cultrate.
- cumbrance — a burden, obstacle, or hindrance
- cupbearer — an attendant who fills and serves wine cups, as in a royal household
- curandera — (in Hispanic America) a female healer or shaman
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- curarized — Simple past tense and past participle of curarize.
- curatress — A female curator.
- curettage — the process of using a curette
- curlpaper — a strip of paper used to roll up and set a section of hair, usually wetted, into a curl
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtailer — One who curtails.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtalaxe — a cutlass
- curtilage — the enclosed area of land adjacent to a dwelling house
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- curvature — The curvature of something is its curved shape, especially when this shape is part of the circumference of a circle.