9-letter words containing c, o, r, e
- 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.
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- cupflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nierembergia, of the nightshade family, having showy tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- curiouser — (nonstandard) Comparative form of curious.
- curvesome — (dated) curvy.
- custodier — a custodian
- customers — A person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business.
- cyberbook — (science fiction) A digital or electronic equivalent of a book.
- cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
- cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- cybersoul — The supposed equivalent of a soul in cyberspace.
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
- 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.
- dancegoer — a person who attends dances or dance performances.
- decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- deceleron — (on a fixed-wing aircraft) a type of aileron that enables the aircraft to have a degree of control when it goes into a roll
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- deck over — to complete the construction of the upper deck between the bulwarks of (a vessel)
- decocture — the essence or liquor resulting from decoction
- decoherer — a device that re-establishes a coherer to usual levels of receptiveness
- decolored — to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- deconvert — An apostate.
- decorated — (often initial capital letter) of pertaining to, or characteristic of the English gothic architecture of the late 13th through the late 14th centuries, characterized by curvilinear tracery, elaborate ornamental sculpture and vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques.
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decorator — A decorator is a person whose job is to paint houses or put wallpaper up.
- decoupler — a person or device that disconnects parts that are joined
- decourous — Misspelling of decorous.
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- decretory — characterized by making an absolute and final decision
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- defecator — One who defecates.
- defectors — Plural form of defector.
- deflector — A device that deflects something, in particular.
- defrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of defrock.
- dejectory — tending to cast down
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)