9-letter words containing c, e, r, a
- curveball — a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
- cut-rater — a person or company that offers goods or services at cut-rate prices.
- cutwaters — Plural form of cutwater.
- cyanurate — a salt or ester derived from cyanide
- cybercafe — A cybercafé is a café where people can pay to use the Internet.
- cybercash — Funds used in electronic financial transactions, especially over the Internet.
- cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
- cyberchat — Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
- cyberhack — Computers. hack1 (def 22b).
- cybernate — to control (a manufacturing process) with a servomechanism or (of a process) to be controlled by a servomechanism
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- cyberrhea — (humour, jargon) /si:'ber-eer/ An affliction of some word processor users; excessive frequency and looseness of productivity. Particularly virulent among those who have not discovered the fortifying virtues of revision.
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- cyrenaica — a region and former province (1951–63) of E Libya: largely desert; settled by the Greeks in about 630 bc; ruled successively by the Egyptians, Romans, Arabs, Turks, and Italians. Area: 855 370 sq km (330 258 sq miles)
- cytherean — of or relating to Cytherea.
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- dancegoer — a person who attends dances or dance performances.
- dancewear — clothing, as leotards and tutus, designed for dancing or dance practice.
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- debaucher — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
- decagrams — Plural form of decagram.
- decahedra — plural form of singular decahedron: solid figure with ten plane faces
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decameric — Of or pertaining to a decamer.
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- decameter — dekameter
- decametre — ten metres
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- decastere — a measure equivalent to ten steres or cubic metres
- decennary — decade (sense 2)
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- declarant — a person who makes a declaration
- declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'declare'.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- decorated — (often initial capital letter) of pertaining to, or characteristic of the English gothic architecture of the late 13th through the late 14th centuries, characterized by curvilinear tracery, elaborate ornamental sculpture and vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques.
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decorator — A decorator is a person whose job is to paint houses or put wallpaper up.
- decreased — Simple past tense and past participle of decrease.
- decreases — Plural form of decrease.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- defecator — One who defecates.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)