9-letter words containing c, r, u
- centuries — Plural form of century.
- centurion — A centurion was an officer in the Roman army.
- centurium — A rejected name for fermium.
- ceraceous — waxlike or waxy
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- ceratodus — any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
- certitude — Certitude is the same as certainty.
- cerussite — a usually white mineral, found in veins. It is a source of lead. Composition: lead carbonate. Formula: PbCO3. Crystal structure: orthorhombic
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- charge up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargeful — onerous; expensive
- chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
- charmeuse — a lightweight fabric with a satin-like finish
- chartreux — a breed of sturdy cat with short dense woolly fur
- chartulae — charta (def 2).
- chasseurs — Plural form of chasseur.
- chauffeur — The chauffeur of a rich or important person is the man or woman who is employed to look after their car and drive them around in it.
- chaussure — a term for any type of footwear
- cheerfull — Archaic form of cheerful.
- chequered — If a person or organization has had a chequered career or history, they have had a varied past with both good and bad periods.
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- cherubini — (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.
- cheruping — Present participle of cherup.
- chevelure — the hazy or misty luminescence encircling a comet or star
- chirruped — Simple past tense and past participle of chirrup.
- chirurgie — (archaic) surgery.
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- choreutic — of or belonging to a chorus.
- chorusing — Present participle of chorus.
- chorussed — Simple past tense and past participle of chorus.
- chundered — Simple past tense and past participle of chunder.
- chuntered — Simple past tense and past participle of chunter.
- churchill — a river in E Canada, rising in SE Labrador and flowing north and southeast over Churchill Falls, then east to the Atlantic. Length: about 1000 km (600 miles)
- churching — the act of bringing someone, esp a woman after childbirth, to church for special ceremonies
- churchism — adherence to the principles of an established church
- churchman — A churchman is the same as a clergyman.
- churchmen — Plural form of churchman.
- churchway — a road that leads to a church
- churidars — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
- churn out — To churn out something means to produce large quantities of it very quickly.
- churnings — Plural form of churning.
- churnmilk — buttermilk
- churrasco — meat cooked over an open fire.
- ciguatera — food poisoning caused by a ciguatoxin in seafood
- cinctured — Simple past tense and past participle of cincture.
- cinctures — Plural form of cincture.
- cinderous — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cinereous — of a greyish colour