9-letter words containing c, r, i, n, t
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- crediting — Present participle of credit.
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- crestings — Plural form of cresting.
- cretinise — make (someone) a cretin
- cretinism — a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and learning difficulties
- cretinize — to cause (a person) to be a cretin or cretinous
- cretinoid — a person suffering from cretinism.
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- crinosity — Hairiness.
- criterion — A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crotonism — poisoning by ingestion of croton oil, characterized by burning of the mouth, severe diarrhea, and colic, with possible death from respiratory or circulatory failure.
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- culturing — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- curetting — to scrape with a curette.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curtsying — Present participle of curtsey.
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curveting — Present participle of curvet.
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- dendritic — formed or marked like a dendrite.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dicentric — an abnormal chromosome with two centromeres
- directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- doctoring — Present participle of doctor.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- doctrines — Plural form of doctrine.
- ecarinate — having no carina or keel.
- eccentric — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- ecotarian — An ecotarian is a person who eats only food that has been produced in a way that does not harm the environment.
- ectocrine — a substance that is released by an organism into the external environment and influences the development, behaviour, etc, of members of the same or different species
- ectropion — A condition, typically a consequence of advanced age, in which the eyelid is turned outward away from the eyeball.
- encrinite — (in the US) a sedimentary rock formed almost exclusively from the skeletal plates of crinoids
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- energetic — Showing or involving great activity or vitality.
- entricate — Alternative form of intricate.
- epicenter — The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
- epicentra — epicentres
- epicentre — (seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.