9-letter words containing c, o, n, u, r
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criminous — criminal
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- crotonbug — species of cockroach
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- crowdfund — To fund (a project) by having many individuals pool their money together, usually via the Internet.
- crumhorns — Plural form of crumhorn.
- 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
- 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
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- denouncer — One who, or that which, denounces.
- doronicum — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, comprising the leopard's-banes.
- downcourt — to or into the opposite end of the court.
- ecuadoran — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- emunctory — Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- en croûte — wrapped in pastry and baked
- enclosure — An area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier.
- encounter — Unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile).
- encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- excursion — A short journey or trip, esp. one engaged in as a leisure activity.
- fourpence — a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.
- frouncing — Present participle of frounce.
- fructosan — any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- furcation — forked; branching.
- grouching — Present participle of grouch.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- in colour — If a film or television programme is in colour, it has been made so that you see the picture in all its colours, and not just in black, white, or grey.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- incorrupt — not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- incubator — an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.
- incurious — not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
- incursion — a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid: The bandits made brief incursions on the village.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- inductors — Plural form of inductor.