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9-letter words containing e, n, c

  • calendars — Plural form of calendar.
  • calenders — Plural form of calender.
  • calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
  • calendula — any Eurasian plant of the genus Calendula, esp the pot marigold, having orange-and-yellow rayed flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
  • calescent — increasing in heat
  • calixtine — a member of a body of Hussites in the 15th century holding that the chalice as well as the bread should be received by the laity in the Eucharist.
  • calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
  • cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
  • cameraman — A cameraman is a person who operates a camera for television or film making.
  • cameramen — Plural form of cameraman.
  • cameroons — former region in W Africa consisting of two trust territories, French Cameroons (in 1960 forming the republic of Cameroon ) and British Cameroons (in 1961 divided between Cameroon and Nigeria)
  • camp oven — a metal pot or box with a heavy lid, used for baking over an open fire
  • campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
  • campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
  • campervan — (Australia, NZ, British) A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
  • campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
  • campiness — the quality of being campy
  • campodean — a campodeid.
  • canaanite — a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied the land of Canaan before the Israelite conquest
  • canadiens — Alternative spelling of Canadiens.
  • canaletto — original name Giovanni Antonio Canale. 1697–1768, Italian painter and etcher, noted particularly for his highly detailed paintings of cities, esp Venice, which are marked by strong contrasts of light and shade
  • canalised — to make a canal or canals through.
  • canalized — Simple past tense and past participle of canalize.
  • canalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canalize.
  • canaveral — Capecape on the E coast of Fla.: U.S. proving ground for missiles and spacecraft
  • canberran — a native or inhabitant of Canberra
  • cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
  • canceleer — (of a hawk) to turn in flight when a stoop fails, in order to re-attempt it
  • canceling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
  • cancelled — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
  • canceller — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
  • cancellus — (in an early Christian basilica) one of a row of bars separating the clergy and sometimes the choir from the congregation.
  • cancerate — to become cancerous
  • cancerian — a person born under the sign of Cancer, usually between June 21 and July 22.
  • cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
  • candidate — A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job.
  • candlelit — A candlelit room or table is lit by the light of candles.
  • candlemas — Feb 2, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple: the day on which the church candles are blessed. In Scotland it is one of the four quarter days
  • candlenut — a euphorbiaceous tree, Aleurites mollucana, of tropical Asia and Polynesia
  • candlepin — a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
  • candlewax — The wax of a candle.
  • candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
  • cane gall — a disease of blackberries, characterized by rough, warty outgrowths on the canes, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium rubi.
  • cane reed — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • cane toad — a large toad, Rhinella marina, native to Central and South America but introduced into many countries to control insects and other pests of sugar-cane plantations
  • canebrake — a thicket of canes
  • canebreak — Alternative spelling of canebrake.
  • canefield — A field where cane is grown.
  • canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
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