9-letter words containing c, l, a, r
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- calicular — Relating to, or resembling, a cup.
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- call girl — A call girl is a prostitute who makes appointments by telephone.
- call rate — the interest rate on a call loan
- call-over — a preliminary hearing
- callboard — a notice board listing opportunities for performers
- caller id — A telephone that has caller ID displays the telephone number and name of the person who is calling you.
- calligram — a poem in which words are positioned so as to create a visual image of the subject on the page
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calor gas — Calor gas is gas in liquid form which is sold in special containers so that people can use it in places which are not connected to the gas supply, such as tents or caravans.
- calorific — The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- calvarial — relating to or belonging to the calvaria
- calvarian — calvarial
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- camarilla — a group of confidential advisers, esp formerly, to the Spanish kings; cabal
- camarillo — a city in SW California.
- cameleers — Plural form of cameleer.
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- canal ray — a stream of positive ions produced in a discharge tube by allowing them to pass through holes in the cathode
- canaveral — Capecape on the E coast of Fla.: U.S. proving ground for missiles and spacecraft
- canceleer — (of a hawk) to turn in flight when a stoop fails, in order to re-attempt it
- canceller — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- canicular — of or relating to the star Sirius or its rising
- cannelure — a groove or fluting, esp one around the cylindrical part of a bullet
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
- capillary — Capillaries are tiny blood vessels in your body.
- capitular — of or associated with a cathedral chapter
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- caprioled — Simple past tense and past participle of capriole.
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- caprylate — a salt of caprylic acid
- capsulary — Archaic form of capsular.
- captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
- car alarm — A car alarm is a device in a car which makes a loud noise if anyone tries to break into the vehicle.
- caracalla — real name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, original name Bassianus. 188–217 ad, Roman emperor (211–17): ruled with cruelty and extravagance; assassinated
- caracoled — Simple past tense and past participle of caracole.
- caracoler — a horse that caracoles
- caracoles — Plural form of caracole.
- carambola — a tree, Averrhoa carambola, probably native to Brazil but cultivated in the tropics, esp SE Asia, for its edible fruit
- carambole — to make a carom
- carbachol — a cholinergic agent, C6H15ClN2O2, used for various ophthalmic purposes, such as the treating of glaucoma
- carbazole — a colourless insoluble solid obtained from coal tar and used in the production of some dyes. Formula: C12H9N
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).