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9-letter words containing c, r, a, k, e

  • ice maker — machine that makes ice cubes
  • icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
  • jack rope — a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.
  • jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
  • jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
  • kachcheri — The government department that administrates a district in Sri Lanka.
  • kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
  • karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
  • kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
  • keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
  • key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
  • knackered — exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.
  • lacemaker — A person who makes lace.
  • lackering — to coat with lacquer.
  • law clerk — an attorney, usually a recent law-school graduate, working as an assistant to a judge or being trained by another attorney.
  • lay clerk — lay vicar.
  • lockmaker — a person who makes locks
  • lyre back — a back of a chair or the like having a pierced splat in the form of a lyre, often with metal rods representing strings.
  • mackellar — Dorothea. 1885–1968, Australian poet, who wrote My Country, Australia's best known poem
  • mackerels — Plural form of mackerel.
  • mackerras — Sir Charles. 1925–2010, Australian conductor, esp of opera
  • mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
  • marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
  • markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
  • marrakech — a city in W Morocco.
  • mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
  • merrimack — a town in S New Hampshire.
  • muckraked — Simple past tense and past participle of muckrake.
  • muckraker — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
  • muckrakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muckrake.
  • neckbrace — (emergency medicine) An orthopedic device used to support the neck and head of those with neck or head injuries.
  • nicknamer — One who bestows a nickname.
  • oak creek — a town in SE Wisconsin.
  • one-track — having only one track.
  • outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
  • pacemaker — pacesetter.
  • pack-year — a measure of the amount of cigarettes a person has smoked over an extended period, equal to one packet of 20 every day for one year
  • packframe — a framework, usually of lightweight metal tubing, that supports a backpack on the wearer, often by curved extensions that fit over the shoulders.
  • packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
  • paperback — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
  • parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
  • pipe rack — a steel framed structure that pipes (used to drill for oil, etc) are stacked on for storage
  • pipe-rack — offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.
  • prepacked — a package assembled by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and containing a specific number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product.
  • race-walk — to participate in race walking.
  • racetrack — a plot of ground, usually oval, laid out for horse racing.
  • rack rate — full charge for a hotel room
  • rack-rent — Also, rack rent. rent equal to or nearly equal to the full annual value of a property.
  • racketeer — a person engaged in a racket.
  • racketing — Slang. an occupation, livelihood, or business. an easy or profitable source of livelihood.
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