9-letter words containing d, i, r
- cardiacal — cardiac
- cardialgy — cardialgia
- cardigans — Plural form of cardigan.
- cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- carinated — Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- carnified — Simple past tense and past participle of carnify.
- cartridge — A cartridge is a metal or cardboard tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance. Cartridges are used in guns.
- caryatids — Plural form of caryatid.
- cashiered — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cathartid — (zoology) Any member of the Cathartidae.
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- cd writer — A CD writer is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a CD.
- cedarbird — a type of waxwing native to North America
- cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
- centroids — Plural form of centroid.
- centuried — existing for an indefinite number of centuries.
- ceramides — Plural form of ceramide.
- cerebroid — resembling the cerebrum or the brain.
- certified — holding or guaranteed by a certificate
- certitude — Certitude is the same as certainty.
- cetrimide — a quaternary ammonium compound used as a detergent and, having powerful antiseptic properties, for sterilizing surgical instruments, cleaning wounds, etc
- chagrined — If you are chagrined by something, it disappoints, upsets, or annoys you, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chair bed — a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.
- chairdays — old age, or the point in life when resting in a chair is the most comfortable way of passing time
- chairlady — chairwoman.
- chairside — Relating to activities that happen next to the dental chair during treatment.
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- cherished — clung to, esp when fulfilment is unlikely
- childcare — Childcare refers to looking after children, and to the facilities which help parents to do so.
- childfree — having no children; childless, especially by choice.
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chippered — to chirp or twitter.
- chiropody — Chiropody is the professional treatment and care of people's feet.
- chirruped — Simple past tense and past participle of chirrup.
- chittered — Simple past tense and past participle of chitter.
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- chondroid — cartilaginous or similar to cartilage
- chordwise — in the direction of an aerofoil chord
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- chromidia — chromatins in cell cytoplasm
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- churidars — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
- cinctured — Simple past tense and past participle of cincture.