9-letter words containing c, i, r, u, t, e
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criterium — a bicycle road race, consisting of numerous laps of a short closed circuit
- critiqued — Simple past tense and past participle of critique.
- critiques — Plural form of critique.
- crudities — the state or quality of being crude.
- cruelties — Plural form of cruelty.
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crummiest — Superlative form of crummy.
- crustiest — having a crisp or thick crust: a loaf of crusty French bread.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- curetting — to scrape with a curette.
- 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.
- curtilage — the enclosed area of land adjacent to a dwelling house
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- curveting — Present participle of curvet.
- custodier — a custodian
- cut-price — Cut-price goods or services are cheaper than usual.
- cutleries — cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
- depicture — (transitive) To make a picture of; to paint or depict.
- dictature — dictatorship
- diuretics — Plural form of diuretic.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- eucharist — The Eucharist is the Christian religious ceremony in which Christ's last meal with his disciples is celebrated by eating bread and drinking wine.
- eurythmic — (music) harmonious.
- eurytopic — (of a species) able to tolerate a wide range of environments
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- executrix — A female executor of a will.
- faithcure — a cure or healing through prayer or faith in God
- firetruck — (US) A vehicle equipped with fire fighting apparatus.
- firmicute — Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
- fruitcake — a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.
- fruticose — having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- graticule — Navigation. a network of parallels and meridians on a map or chart.
- heuretics — the use of logic
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- incrusted — Alternative spelling of encrusted.
- inculture — (obsolete) Lack or neglect of cultivation or culture.
- incurrent — carrying or relating to an inward current.
- incurvate — curved, especially inward.
- interclub — a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- interduce — (construction) An intertie.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- 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).
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.