9-letter words containing e, n, c
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- bone cell — a cell found in bone in any of its functional states; an osteoblast, osteoclast, or osteocyte.
- boneblack — a black residue from the destructive distillation of bones, containing about 10 per cent carbon and 80 per cent calcium phosphate, used as a decolorizing agent and pigment
- bontebuck — bontebok.
- bracknell — a town in SE England, in Bracknell Forest unitary authority, Berkshire, designated a new town in 1949. Pop: 70 795 (2001)
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- branchery — a group or system of branches
- branchiae — the gills of an aquatic animal
- branchlet — a small branch
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breakneck — If you say that something happens or travels at breakneck speed, you mean that it happens or travels very fast.
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- breeching — the strap of a harness that passes behind a horse's haunches
- buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- buck bean — a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers.
- bull neck — a short thick neck
- butchness — the state of being butch
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- by inches — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- c-section — A C-section is the same as a Caesarean.
- c-spanner — a sickle-shaped spanner having a projection at the end of the curve, used for turning large narrow nuts that have an indentation into which the projection on the spanner fits
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cabinmate — a person with whom one shares a cabin
- cachectin — Biochemistry, Immunology. a protein that is released by activated macrophages as an immune system defense and, when the defense is overwhelmed, is a cause of cachexia or toxic shock: in humans, identical with tumor necrosis factor.
- cacodemon — an evil spirit or devil
- cacogenic — dysgenics.
- cadencing — rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- caecilian — any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil
- caesarean — of or relating to any of the Caesars, esp Julius Caesar
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- cafe noir — black coffee
- caffeinic — related to or containing caffeine
- cagelings — Plural form of cageling.
- cageyness — the quality of being cagey
- caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
- calavance — any of several varieties of pulse yielded by plants of the genus Dolichos
- calcaneal — Anatomy. the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
- calcanean — Anatomy. the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- calcaneus — the largest tarsal bone, forming the heel in man
- calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
- calcedony — Alt form chalcedony.
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls
- caledonia — Scotland