9-letter words containing c, e, r, a
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- knackered — exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.
- la crosse — a city in W Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.
- la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
- lace card — (Obsolete) A punched card with all holes punched (also called a "whoopee card" or "ventilator card"). Card readers tended to jam when they got to one of these, as the resulting card had too little structural strength to avoid buckling inside the mechanism. Card punches could also jam trying to produce these things owing to power-supply problems. When some practical joker fed a lace card through the reader, you needed to clear the jam with a "card knife" - which you used on the joker first.
- lace-fern — a small, tufted fern, Cheilanthes gracillima, having dark-brown stalks and fronds about 4 inches (10.2 cm) long.
- lacemaker — A person who makes lace.
- lacerated — lacerated.
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lacquered — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lacquerer — One who lacquers.
- lag screw — type of threaded bolt
- lag-screw — to fasten with a lag screw.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lanceolar — (botany) lanceolate.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- large-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of $5 billion or more.
- larvacean — Any of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- lateritic — a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- law clerk — an attorney, usually a recent law-school graduate, working as an assistant to a judge or being trained by another attorney.
- lay clerk — lay vicar.
- leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
- leaf scar — the mark left on a stem or twig after a leaf falls.
- lectorate — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- liar dice — a gambling game in which the throw of five dice by each player is concealed from the opponent and bluffing is permitted
- life-care — designed to provide for the basic needs of elderly residents, usually in return for an initial fee and monthly service payments: a life-care facility; life-care communities.
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- localizer — (computing) A person who localizes.
- lockmaker — a person who makes locks
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
- 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).