9-letter words containing c, r, e, u
- bluecurls — a name for the plant Trichostema dichotomum
- buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- bucuresti — Bucharest
- burleycue — burlesque (def 3).
- butcher's — a look
- butchered — a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
- butcherer — a person who butchers
- butcherly — of or resembling a butcher
- buttercup — A buttercup is a small plant with bright yellow flowers.
- calembour — a pun
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- cankerous — having cankers
- cannelure — a groove or fluting, esp one around the cylindrical part of a bullet
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
- carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
- carburate — carburet.
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- carefully — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- carousels — A merry-go-round.
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- carrefour — a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads
- carrousel — carousel
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.
- carve out — to make or create (a career)
- carve-out — to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- caterwaul — If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
- cauchemar — a nightmare
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- causeries — Plural form of causerie.
- cauterant — caustic; cauterizing
- cauteries — Plural form of cautery.
- cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cauterize — If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- cd burner — A CD burner is the same as a CD writer.
- ceintures — cincture (defs 1, 2).
- cellarous — of, relating to or resembling a cellar
- censuring — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- centaurea — any of a genus (Centaurea) of annual and perennial plants of the composite family, having egg-shaped flower heads, including the star thistles and the bachelor's buttons