9-letter words containing c, r
- 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.
- cagoulard — a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.
- cairngorm — a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone
- calabrese — a variety of green sprouting broccoli
- 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
- calc-spar — calcite.
- calcarate — having a calcar
- 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).
- calculary — calculous
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- calembour — a pun
- calendars — Plural form of calendar.
- calenders — Plural form of calender.
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- 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.
- call rate — the interest rate on a call loan
- call-over — a preliminary hearing
- callboard — a notice board listing opportunities for performers
- 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
- calor gas — Calor gas is gas in liquid form which is sold in special containers so that people can use it in places which are not connected to the gas supply, such as tents or caravans.
- 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
- camcorder — A camcorder is a portable video camera which records both pictures and sound.
- cameleers — Plural form of cameleer.