9-letter words containing c, u, t, a, n
- capturing — Present participle of capture.
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- catamount — any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cauterant — caustic; cauterizing
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- centaurea — any of a genus (Centaurea) of annual and perennial plants of the composite family, having egg-shaped flower heads, including the star thistles and the bachelor's buttons
- centauric — characterized by an integration of mind and body for consciousness above the ego-self
- centaurus — a conspicuous extensive constellation in the S hemisphere, close to the Southern Cross, that contains two first magnitude stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, and the globular cluster Omega Centauri
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- chanteuse — a female singer, esp in a nightclub or cabaret
- chennault — Claire Lee [klair] /klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1890–1958, U.S. Air Force general.
- chukotian — a group of genetically related languages spoken on the Chukchi and Kamchatka peninsulas in eastern Siberia, including Chukchi, Kamchadal, and Koryak.
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- circulant — (mathematics) A circulant matrix.
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- clean-cut — Someone, especially a boy or man, who is clean-cut has a neat, tidy appearance.
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- clinquant — glittering, esp with tinsel
- coadunate — united; joined together
- coagulant — a substance that aids or produces coagulation
- cocoanuts — Plural form of cocoanut.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- colourant — A colourant is a substance that is used to give something a particular colour.
- computant — a person who calculates
- conjugant — either of a pair of organisms or gametes undergoing conjugation
- conjugate — When pupils or teachers conjugate a verb, they give its different forms in a particular order.
- connature — the state or quality of sharing a common nature or character
- connaught — Connacht
- construal — an act of construing
- consulate — A consulate is the place where a consul works.
- consumate — Misspelling of consummate.
- contagium — the specific virus or other direct cause of any infectious disease
- continual — A continual process or situation happens or exists without stopping.
- contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
- coruscant — giving off flashes of light
- cosmonaut — A cosmonaut is an astronaut from the former Soviet Union.
- cot-quean — Archaic. a man who busies himself with traditionally women's household duties.
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- countable — capable of being counted
- countably — in a countable manner
- countback — a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- courtezan — Alternative spelling of courtesan.
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance