9-letter words containing c, i, r, u
- couriered — Simple past tense and past participle of courier.
- courtesie — Obsolete spelling of courtesy.
- courtiers — a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- courtlike — reminiscent of the court in style or manner; elegant; courtly
- courtling — a fawning or sycophantic member of a royal court
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- courtside — the area closest to the court
- couturier — A couturier is a person who designs, makes, and sells expensive, fashionable clothes for women.
- credulity — Credulity is a willingness to believe that something is real or true.
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- cribellum — a sievelike spinning organ in certain spiders that occurs between the spinnerets
- criminous — criminal
- 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.
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- croupiers — Plural form of croupier.
- crucially — involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical: a crucial experiment.
- crucibles — Plural form of crucible.
- crucifers — Plural form of crucifer.
- crucified — Simple past tense and past participle of crucify.
- crucifier — One who crucifies.
- crucifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crucify.
- cruciform — A cruciform building or object is shaped like a cross.
- crude oil — Crude oil is oil in its natural state before it has been processed or refined.
- crudities — the state or quality of being crude.
- cruelties — Plural form of cruelty.
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crumbling — to break into small fragments or crumbs.
- crummiest — Superlative form of crummy.
- crumpling — Present participle of crumple.
- crunching — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
- crusading — campaigning
- crustiest — having a crisp or thick crust: a loaf of crusty French bread.
- cry quits — to give up a task, fight, etc
- cuadrilla — a small group, esp a matador's assistants
- cucurbits — Plural form of cucurbit.
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- cuirasses — Plural form of cuirass.
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- cuisinier — a cook; chef
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- culturati — the cultured elite of a society
- culturing — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- culturist — a person engaged in the culture of plants or animals
- culverins — Plural form of culverin.
- cumbering — Present participle of cumber.
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cunicular — a small conduit or burrow, as an underground drain or rabbit hole.