9-letter words containing c, n, o
- crowdfund — To fund (a project) by having many individuals pool their money together, usually via the Internet.
- crown cap — an airtight metal seal crimped on the top of most bottled beers, ciders, mineral waters, etc
- crown law — criminal law
- crown rot — a disease of plants, characterized by the rotting of the stem at ground level, caused by any of several fungi.
- crown saw — a hollow cylinder with cutting teeth forming a rotary saw for trepanning
- crownings — Plural form of crowning.
- crownland — a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
- crownless — Without a crown.
- crownwork — the manufacture of artificial crowns for teeth
- crumhorns — Plural form of crumhorn.
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- cunctator — (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus"Cunctator") 275–203 b.c, Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cunjevois — Plural form of cunjevoi.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- currajong — kurrajong
- currawong — any Australian crowlike songbird of the genus Strepera, having black, grey, and white plumage: family Cracticidae
- currijong — kurrajong.
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cushionet — a small cushion
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- cut along — to hurry off
- cut stone — a stone or stonework dressed to a relatively fine finish with tools other than hammers.
- cutaneous — of, relating to, or affecting the skin
- cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cyclopian — having only one eye
- cyclotron — a type of particle accelerator in which the particles spiral inside two D-shaped hollow metal electrodes placed facing each other under the effect of a strong vertical magnetic field, gaining energy by a high-frequency voltage applied between these electrodes
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cynomolgi — plural form of singular cynomolgus: type of monkey
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- cyprinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches
- cytokines — Plural form of cytokine.
- cytokinin — any of a group of plant hormones that promote cell division and retard ageing in plants
- cytolysin — a substance that can partially or completely destroy animal cells