9-letter words containing e, n, c, o, r
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- cost rent — (in Britain) the rent of a dwelling calculated on the cost of providing and maintaining the property without allowing for a profit
- cottering — Present participle of cotter.
- coumarone — a colorless liquid, C8H6O, derived from coal tar and combined with indene to produce synthetic resins used in paints, adhesives, etc.
- counselor — A counselor is a person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.
- countered — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- 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.
- coventure — An international coproduction set up in the absence of any official treaty between the countries.
- coverings — Plural form of covering.
- cowperson — (politically correct, rare) a cowhand of any gender.
- cowritten — to coauthor.
- cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- creodonts — Plural form of creodont.
- crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
- crescendo — A crescendo is a noise that gets louder and louder. Some people also use crescendo to refer to the point when a noise is at its loudest.
- cretinoid — a person suffering from cretinism.
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- crewwoman — A female crewmember.
- crimsoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.
- crinoline — A crinoline was a round frame which women wore under their skirts in the 19th century.
- criterion — A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.
- crokinole — a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- cronelike — Like a crone; old and withered.
- crookneck — any of several varieties of squash with a curved neck
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- crossline — a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.
- crossness — the quality or state of being cross or angry; irritability; snappishness.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crownless — Without a crown.
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
- dancegoer — a person who attends dances or dance performances.
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- deceleron — (on a fixed-wing aircraft) a type of aileron that enables the aircraft to have a degree of control when it goes into a roll
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- deconvert — An apostate.