9-letter words containing c, r, i, e, t
- criterium — a bicycle road race, consisting of numerous laps of a short closed circuit
- criticise — criticize
- criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- critiqued — Simple past tense and past participle of critique.
- critiques — Plural form of critique.
- croisette — a projection at a corner of a door or window architrave.
- 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
- crosstied — secured with crossties
- crossties — Plural form of crosstie.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crudities — the state or quality of being crude.
- cruelties — Plural form of cruelty.
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crummiest — Superlative form of crummy.
- crustiest — having a crisp or thick crust: a loaf of crusty French bread.
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- curetting — to scrape with a curette.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtailer — One who curtails.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtilage — the enclosed area of land adjacent to a dwelling house
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- curveting — Present participle of curvet.
- custodier — a custodian
- cut-price — Cut-price goods or services are cheaper than usual.
- cutleries — cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
- cybercity — A city with a strong basis in information technology.
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decertify — to withdraw or remove a certificate or certification from (a person, organization, or country)
- deciliter — one tenth of a liter (3.376 fluid ounces or 6.1024 cubic inches)
- decilitre — one tenth of a litre
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimeter — one tenth of a meter (3.937 inches)
- decimetre — one tenth of a metre
- decistere — a measure equivalent to one tenth of a stere
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- decretist — a person who is knowledgeable on the subject of the Decretals or the papal edicts that make up part of canon law
- decretive — of or relating to an official and final decision
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- deer tick — a tick that is parasitic on deer; esp., any of a genus (Ixodes) of ticks that transmit the spirochete causing Lyme disease
- dendritic — formed or marked like a dendrite.
- depicture — (transitive) To make a picture of; to paint or depict.
- dereistic — autism.
- derelicts — Plural form of derelict.
- diaeretic — dieresis.
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.