9-letter words containing c, i, r, a, s
- kickstart — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- lustrical — Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- mariachis — Plural form of mariachi.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- millraces — (archaic) Plural form of millrace.
- misandric — One who professes misandry; a hater of men.
- mischarge — (legal or, finance) To charge wrongly.
- miscreant — depraved, villainous, or base.
- miscreate — miscreated.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- myristica — (botany) Any member of the genus Myristica of nutmegs.
- narcissus — any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona.
- narcistic — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- narcotics — Plural form of narcotic.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- narcotist — One who is addicted to a narcotic drug.
- naucratis — an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- nectaries — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nonracist — One who is not a racist.
- nostratic — designating or of a proposed language superfamily that includes the Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic families
- nuisancer — a person that creates a nuisance or public offence
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- orgiastic — of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.
- ostracise — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- paracusia — defective hearing.
- paracusis — defective hearing.
- parasitic — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
- parecious — paroicous.
- paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- patristic — of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental