9-letter words containing e, i, r
- cercariae — Plural form of cercaria.
- cercarial — Relating to, or characteristic of cercariae.
- cerealist — a person who studies cereals and the conditions for their growth
- cerebroid — resembling the cerebrum or the brain.
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
- certified — holding or guaranteed by a certificate
- certifier — to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm: He certified the truth of his claim.
- certifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of certify.
- certitude — Certitude is the same as certainty.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cerussite — a usually white mineral, found in veins. It is a source of lead. Composition: lead carbonate. Formula: PbCO3. Crystal structure: orthorhombic
- 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.
- chairside — Relating to activities that happen next to the dental chair during treatment.
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chariness — the state of being chary
- charities — Plural form of charity.
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- charles i — title as Holy Roman Emperor of Charlemagne
- charteris — Leslie, original name Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin. 1907–93, British novelist, born in Singapore: created the character Simon Templar, known as The Saint, the central character in many adventure novels
- chastiser — Someone who chastises.
- chatterji — Bankim Chandra [buhng-kim chuhn-druh] /ˈbʌŋ kɪm ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1838–94, Indian novelist in the Bengali language.
- checkrail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- checkrein — a rein usually running from the bit to the saddle, used to keep a horse from lowering its head
- cheeriest — Superlative form of cheery.
- chelicera — one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- cheralite — a rare monazite mineral consisting of thorium and calcium
- cheremiss — a member of an Ugrian people of the Volga region, esp of the Mari El Republic
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- cherished — clung to, esp when fulfilment is unlikely
- cherisher — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
- cherishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cherish.
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- 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.
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chiarezza — clarity
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- chickaree — another name for American red squirrel
- 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.