9-letter words containing e, t, c
- costively — In a costive manner.
- costliest — costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
- costotome — an instrument, as shears or a knife, for incising or dividing a rib, as in costotomy.
- costumers — a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for theatrical productions.
- costumery — multiple costumes considered collectively
- costumier — A costumier is a person or company that makes or supplies costumes.
- cot death — Cot death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- cot-quean — Archaic. a man who busies himself with traditionally women's household duties.
- cotangent — (of an angle) a trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to that of the opposite side; the reciprocal of tangent
- cote-d'or — a department of E central France, in NE Burgundy. Capital: Dijon. Pop: 510 334 (2003 est). Area: 8787 sq km (3427 sq miles)
- cothamore — a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
- cotrustee — a fellow trustee
- cottagers — Plural form of cottager.
- cottering — Present participle of cotter.
- cottonade — a coarse fabric of cotton or mixed fibres, used for work clothes, etc
- cotunnite — a soft, white to yellowish mineral, lead chloride, PbCl 2 , that forms as an alteration product of galena.
- cotyledon — a simple embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, which, in some species, forms the first green leaf after germination
- couchette — A couchette is a bed on a train or a boat which is folded against the wall or used as a seat during the day.
- countable — capable of being counted
- countered — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- countless — Countless means very many.
- countline — (in the confectionery trade) a chocolate-based bar
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courbette — A movement in dressage in which the horse makes a series of jumps on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air.
- courgette — Courgettes are long thin vegetables with dark green skin.
- courtelle — a synthetic acrylic fibre resembling wool
- courteous — Someone who is courteous is polite and respectful to other people.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- courtesie — Obsolete spelling of courtesy.
- courtezan — Alternative spelling of courtesan.
- courtiers — a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- courtlike — reminiscent of the court in style or manner; elegant; courtly
- courtside — the area closest to the court
- couturier — A couturier is a person who designs, makes, and sells expensive, fashionable clothes for women.
- covariate — a statistical variable that changes in a predictable way and can be used to predict the outcome of a study
- covellite — an indigo-blue copper sulphide ore, often referred to as blue copper or indigo copper
- covenants — Plural form of covenant.
- coventure — An international coproduction set up in the absence of any official treaty between the countries.
- coverlets — Plural form of coverlet.
- coverture — the condition or status of a married woman considered as being under the protection and influence of her husband
- covetable — to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property.
- cow vetch — a climbing plant, Vicia cracca, of the legume family, of Eurasia and North America, having elongated clusters of violet-purple flowers.
- cowritten — to coauthor.
- crab tree — a tree bearing crab apples.
- crabbiest — Superlative form of crabby.
- crabeater — the most common species of seal, Lobodon carcinophagus, characterized by a long snout and slender body
- craftiest — Superlative form of crafty.
- craftless — without craft or cunning
- craftsmen — a person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.