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9-letter words containing c, r, i

  • caesarism — an autocratic system of government
  • cafe noir — black coffee
  • cafeteria — A cafeteria is a restaurant where you choose your food from a counter and take it to your table after paying for it. Cafeterias are usually found in public buildings such as hospitals and stores.
  • cafetiere — A cafetière is a type of coffee pot that has a disk with small holes in it attached to the lid. You push the lid down to separate the liquid from the ground coffee when it is ready to drink.
  • cage bird — a pet bird kept in a cage
  • cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
  • cairngorm — a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone
  • calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
  • calandria — a cylindrical vessel through which tubes pass, esp one forming part of an evaporator, heat exchanger, or nuclear reactor
  • calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
  • calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
  • calciuria — (pathology) The presence of calcium salts in the urine (especially at an elevated level).
  • caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
  • calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
  • caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
  • calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
  • calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
  • calicular — Relating to, or resembling, a cup.
  • calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
  • call girl — A call girl is a prostitute who makes appointments by telephone.
  • caller id — A telephone that has caller ID displays the telephone number and name of the person who is calling you.
  • calligram — a poem in which words are positioned so as to create a visual image of the subject on the page
  • callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
  • calorific — The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains.
  • calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
  • calvarial — relating to or belonging to the calvaria
  • calvarian — calvarial
  • calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
  • calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
  • camarilla — a group of confidential advisers, esp formerly, to the Spanish kings; cabal
  • camarillo — a city in SW California.
  • cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
  • cambiform — resembling a cambium
  • cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
  • camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
  • campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
  • campfires — Plural form of campfire.
  • campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
  • camstairy — perverse or unruly
  • cancerian — a person born under the sign of Cancer, usually between June 21 and July 22.
  • canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
  • canicular — of or relating to the star Sirius or its rising
  • canisters — Plural form of canister.
  • cankering — a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
  • canneries — Plural form of cannery.
  • cannister — Misspelling of canister.
  • cannonier — Alternative form of cannoneer.
  • canonizer — a person who canonizes
  • canonries — Plural form of canonry.
  • cantabria — a province and autonomous community in N Spain
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