9-letter words containing e, n, o
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- cavessons — Plural form of cavesson.
- cavewoman — A prehistoric woman who lived in caves.
- cavewomen — Plural form of cavewoman.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- cefoxitin — a broad-spectrum, crystalline, semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic, C 16 H 17 N 3 O 7 , used in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
- celloidin — a nitrocellulose compound derived from pyroxylin, used in a solution of alcohol and ether for embedding specimens before cutting sections for microscopy
- cellphone — A cellphone is the same as a cellular phone.
- cenobites — Plural form of cenobite.
- cenobitic — Of or pertaining to a cenobite.
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
- censoring — any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
- centesimo — a former monetary unit of Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican City worth one hundredth of a lira
- centonate — having many pieces or patches
- centriole — either of two rodlike bodies in most animal cells that form the poles of the spindle during mitosis
- centroids — Plural form of centroid.
- cents-off — of or relating to a marketing device, as a coupon, that entitles a buyer to a specified amount off the regular price.
- centurion — A centurion was an officer in the Roman army.
- ceromancy — divination by interpreting the significance of shapes formed when melted wax is dropped into water
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- ceylonese — of or relating to Ceylon or its inhabitants
- ceylonite — a dark blue or black form of spinel
- chaconine — a toxic alkaloid substance found in potatoes
- chaconnes — Plural form of chaconne.
- chaeronea — an ancient Greek town in W Boeotia: site of the victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians and Thebans (338 bc) and of Sulla over Mithridates (86 bc)
- chalcedon — ancient Greek city on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium: site of the 4th ecumenical council, a.d. 451
- chalcogen — any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table
- chameleon — A chameleon is a kind of lizard whose skin changes colour to match the colour of its surroundings.
- chance on — to come upon by accident
- changelog — (computing) A log that records changes between versions, as in source control.
- chaperone — A chaperone is someone who accompanies another person somewhere in order to make sure that they do not come to any harm.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- charleton — a male given name.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- cheekbone — Your cheekbones are the two bones in your face just below your eyes.
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
- chemokine — a type of protein produced during inflammation that activates white blood cells
- chemonite — a solution consisting of copper hydroxide, arsenic trioxide, ammonia, acetic acid, and water: used as a wood preservative.
- chengchow — Zhengzhou
- cheongsam — a straight dress, usually of silk or cotton, with a stand-up collar and a slit in one side of the skirt, worn by Chinese women
- cherenkov — Pavel Alekseyevich (ˈpavɪl alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1904–90, Soviet physicist: noted for work on the effects produced by high-energy particles: shared Nobel prize for physics 1958
- chernenko — Konstantin (Ustinovich) (kənstanˈtin). 1911–85, Soviet statesman; general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1984–85)
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- chernobyl — a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986
- chernozem — a black soil, rich in humus and carbonates, in cool or temperate semiarid regions, as the grasslands of Russia