9-letter words containing c, i, a, t, r
- craftiest — Superlative form of crafty.
- craggiest — Superlative form of craggy.
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crappiest — Superlative form of crappy.
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- creamiest — Superlative form of creamy.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- crepitate — to make a rattling or crackling sound; rattle or crackle
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- crispated — Crispate.
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- criterial — of or relating to criteria
- criterias — (nonstandard, proscribed) Plural form of criteria.
- criticals — Plural form of critical.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- cryptical — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- culturati — the cultured elite of a society
- curialist — a member or supporter of the papal curia
- 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.
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curtilage — the enclosed area of land adjacent to a dwelling house
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- cuticular — Of or pertaining to the cuticle.
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- diacritic — a sign placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value, is stressed, or for some other reason
- diaeretic — dieresis.
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- diaristic — stylistically like a diary
- diatropic — the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.