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