9-letter words containing c, r
- acerbates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acerbate.
- acervulus — a small, asexual spore-producing structure produced by certain parasitic fungi on a host plant
- acheilary — having no labellum or lip, or one that is undeveloped, as in the flower of certain orchids.
- achievers — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- acholuria — the absence of bile pigments in the urine.
- achromate — a person unable to perceive color.
- achromats — Plural form of achromat.
- achromous — Colorless; achromatic.
- acid drop — a boiled sweet with a sharp taste
- acid rain — Acid rain is rain polluted by acid that has been released into the atmosphere from factories and other industrial processes. Acid rain is harmful to the environment.
- acid rock — a type of rock music characterized by electronically amplified bizarre instrumental effects
- acid trip — a psychedelic experience induced by ingesting the hallucinogen LSD.
- aciniform — shaped like a bunch of grapes
- acorn cup — the woody cuplike base that holds the nut from an oak tree
- acquirers — Plural form of acquirer.
- acquireth — Archaic third-person singular form of acquire.
- acquiring — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- acquitter — Agent noun of acquit; one who acquits or releases.
- acre-foot — the volume of water that would cover an area of 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot: equivalent to 43 560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic metres
- acre-inch — the volume of water that would cover an area of 1 acre to a depth of 1 inch; one twelfth of an acre-foot: equivalent to 3630 cubic feet or 102.8 cubic metres
- acridness — Bitterness or acerbity.
- acritarch — a type of small fossil
- acritical — showing no indication of crisis
- acrobatic — An acrobatic movement or display involves difficult physical acts such as jumping and balancing, especially in a circus.
- acrodonts — Plural form of acrodont.
- acrodrome — (of the veins of a leaf) running parallel to the edges of the leaf and fusing at the tip
- acrodynia — (pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
- acrolects — Plural form of acrolect.
- acroliths — Plural form of acrolith.
- acrologic — Of or pertaining to the naming of hieroglyphic symbols by the first phonetic sound of the picture they represent.
- acronical — happening at sunset, as the rising of a star
- acronymed — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acronymic — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acropathy — any disease of the extremities.
- acropetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the base upwards so that the youngest are at the apex
- acrophobe — a person who is abnormally afraid of heights
- acrophony — the use of symbols to represent sounds
- acropolis — the citadel of an ancient Greek city
- acrosomal — relating to the acrosome
- acrosomes — Plural form of acrosome.
- acrospire — the first shoot developing from the plumule of a germinating grain seed
- acrospore — a spore borne at the tip of a sporophore, as a basidiospore.
- acrostics — Plural form of acrostic.
- acroteria — acroters
- actionary — (business, obsolete) A shareholder in a joint-stock company.
- actioners — Plural form of actioner.
- activater — Alternative spelling of activator.
- activator — a thing or person that activates
- actresses — Plural form of actress.
- actuarial — Actuarial means relating to the work of an actuary.