9-letter words containing c, i, n, e, r, a
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- cimmerian — very dark; gloomy
- cineramic — relating to a cinematic process producing widescreen images
- cineraria — a plant, Senecio cruentus, of the Canary Islands, widely cultivated for its blue, purple, red, or variegated daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- circinate — (of part of a plant, such as a young fern) coiled so that the tip is at the centre
- cirenaica — Cyrenaica
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- claiborne — a male given name.
- claretian — a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- cleanlier — Comparative form of cleanly.
- clearings — Plural form of clearing.
- clearskin — Cleanskin.
- clearwing — any moth of the family Sesiidae (or Aegeriidae), characterized by the absence of scales from the greater part of the wings. They are day-flying and some, such as the hornet clearwing (Sesia apiformis), resemble wasps and other hymenopterans
- coalminer — One who mines for coal.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- coleraine — a town in N Northern Ireland, in Coleraine district, Co Antrim, on the River Bann; light industries; university (1965). Pop: 24 089 (2001)
- collinear — lying on the same straight line
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- coralline — of, relating to, or resembling coral
- coriander — Coriander is a plant with seeds that are used as a spice and leaves that are used as a herb.
- cornelian — carnelian
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- 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.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- 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)
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- ecarinate — having no carina or keel.
- ecotarian — An ecotarian is a person who eats only food that has been produced in a way that does not harm the environment.
- ediacaran — of, denoting, or formed in the last 50 million years of the Neoproterozoic era, during which a new texturally and chemically distinctive carbonate layer appeared, indicating climatic change
- embracing — Present participle of embrace.
- enchorial — Indigenous, native.
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- energical — Alternative form of energic.
- entricate — Alternative form of intricate.
- epicentra — epicentres