9-letter words containing c, i, u
- cinctured — Simple past tense and past participle of cincture.
- cinctures — Plural form of cincture.
- cinderous — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cinereous — of a greyish colour
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- circuital — an act or instance of going or moving around.
- circuited — Simple past tense and past participle of circuit.
- circuiter — a person who travels a circuit.
- circuitry — Circuitry is a system of electric circuits.
- circulant — (mathematics) A circulant matrix.
- circulars — Plural form of circular.
- circulary — (obsolete) circular; illogical.
- circulate — If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
- circumfer — (obsolete, transitive) To bear or carry around.
- circumfix — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
- cissexual — noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of that person’s biological sex.
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- clavicula — the clavicle
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- clinquant — glittering, esp with tinsel
- clitellum — a thickened saddle-like region of epidermis in earthworms and leeches whose secretions bind copulating worms together and later form a cocoon around the eggs
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- cloudlike — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- clumsiest — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- clutching — to hatch (chickens).
- coccidium — any parasitic protozoan of the order Coccidia
- coenobium — a monastery or convent
- cohousing — a type of housing with some shared facilities
- coiffeuse — a female hairdresser
- coiffured — Coiffured means the same as coiffed.
- coiffures — Plural form of coiffure.
- coinsurer — A coinsurer is a person or company whose policy covers the same risk as that of another person or company, and shares the loss.
- coinsures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coinsure.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- cokuloris — a palette with irregular holes, placed between lighting and camera to prevent glare
- colchicum — any Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumn crocus
- coliseums — Plural form of coliseum.
- collegium — (in the former Soviet Union) a board in charge of a department
- colliculi — Plural form of colliculus.
- colloquia — a conference at which scholars or other experts present papers on, analyze, and discuss a specific topic.
- colluding — to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.
- collusion — Collusion is secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- collusive — Collusive behaviour involves secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- colluvial — loose earth material that has accumulated at the base of a hill, through the action of gravity, as piles of talus, avalanche debris, and sheets of detritus moved by soil creep or frost action.
- colluvies — a collection of filth or discharge
- colluvium — a mixture of rock fragments from the bases of cliffs
- collyrium — any medicated preparation for the eyes; eyewash