9-letter words containing c, o, e, r, t
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crematory — A crematory is the same as a crematorium.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- creodonts — Plural form of creodont.
- creosoted — Simple past tense and past participle of creosote.
- creosotes — Plural form of creosote.
- crestwood — a city in E Missouri.
- cretinoid — a person suffering from cretinism.
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- criterion — A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.
- crocheted — made with a crochet hook
- crocheter — needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the thread or yarn through intertwined loops.
- crocketed — (architecture) Having a crocket.
- croisette — a projection at a corner of a door or window architrave.
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- croqueted — Simple past tense and past participle of croquet.
- croquette — Croquettes are small amounts of mashed potato or meat rolled in breadcrumbs and fried.
- crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
- crossbite — a dental condition in which the lower teeth are in front of the upper teeth
- crossette — a lateral extension in a corner of the architrave of a window or door
- crosslets — Plural form of crosslet.
- crosstied — secured with crossties
- crossties — Plural form of crosstie.
- crosstree — either of a pair of wooden or metal braces on the head of a mast to support the topmast, etc
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crotchets — Plural form of crotchet.
- crotchety — A crotchety person is bad-tempered and easily irritated.
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- croweater — (Australia, slang) A person from South Australia.
- crowsteps — Plural form of crowstep.
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cryometer — a thermometer for measuring low temperatures
- cryometry — The measurement of very low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- cube root — The cube root of a number is another number that makes the first number when it is multiplied by itself twice. For example, the cube root of 8 is 2.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- custodier — a custodian
- customers — A person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business.
- cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
- cytometer — a glass slide used to count and measure cells
- cytometry — the counting of blood cells using a cytometer
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decocture — the essence or liquor resulting from decoction
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.