9-letter words containing c, i, r, a, s
- ascarides — any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- ascertain — If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- ascii art — (graphics) (Or "character graphics", "ASCII graphics") The fine art of drawing diagrams using the ASCII character set (mainly "|-/\+"). See also boxology. Here is a serious example: o----)||(--+--|<----+ +---------o + D O L )||( | | | C U A I )||( +-->|-+ | +-\/\/-+--o - T C N )||( | | | | P E )||( +-->|-+--)---+--)|--+-o U )||( | | | GND T o----)||(--+--|<----+----------+ A power supply consisting of a full wave rectifier circuit feeding a capacitor input filter circuit Figure 1. And here are some very silly examples: +--------------------------------------------------------+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^ B ^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | +--------------------------------------------------------+ "A Bee in the Carrot Patch" Figure 3. Within humorous ASCII art, there is, for some reason, an entire flourishing subgenre of pictures of silly cows. One is shown in Figure 2; here are three more:
- ascribing — Present participle of ascribe.
- asskicker — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- auriculas — Plural form of auricula.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- backfires — Plural form of backfire.
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- brainsick — relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad
- brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
- briefcase — A briefcase is a case used for carrying documents in.
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- caesarism — an autocratic system of government
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- camstairy — perverse or unruly
- canisters — Plural form of canister.
- canneries — Plural form of cannery.
- cannister — Misspelling of canister.
- canonries — Plural form of canonry.
- cantharis — Spanish fly (sense 1)
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- caprifigs — Plural form of caprifig.
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- carangids — Plural form of carangid.
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- cardigans — Plural form of cardigan.
- cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- careerism — devotion to a successful career, often at the expense of one's personal life, ethics, etc.
- careerist — Careerist people are ambitious and think that their career is more important than anything else.
- caressing — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- caressive — resembling a caress or tending to caress
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- cariosity — (medicine) caries.
- carnalise — sensualise
- carnalism — the quality or state of being sensual