9-letter words containing e, t, c
- caldecott — Randolph1846-86; Eng. artist & illustrator: illustrated many books for children
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- calescent — increasing in heat
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- 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.
- call rate — the interest rate on a call loan
- call time — to suspend play temporarily
- callowest — Superlative form of callow.
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- calvities — baldness
- camel toe — the visual effect created when a woman's trousers cling too tightly to the crotch, emphasizing the shape of the pudenda
- camel-toe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- camerated — vaulted
- cammaerts — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA). Belgian poet.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- canaanite — a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied the land of Canaan before the Israelite conquest
- 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
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- cancerate — to become cancerous
- 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.
- candlenut — a euphorbiaceous tree, Aleurites mollucana, of tropical Asia and Polynesia
- 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
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- canescent — white or greyish due to the presence of numerous short white hairs
- canistels — Plural form of canistel.
- canisters — Plural form of canister.
- cannister — Misspelling of canister.
- cannulate — to insert a cannula into (a person)
- canoeists — Plural form of canoeist.
- canonchet — (Nanuntenoo) died 1676, Narragansett leader: executed by colonists.
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- cantabile — (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously
- cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
- cantering — an easy gallop.
- canticles — Song of Solomon
- cantilena — a smooth flowing style in the writing of vocal music
- cantonese — Cantonese means belonging or relating to the Chinese provinces of Canton (Guangdong in Mandarin).
- cantonise — divide into cantons
- cantonize — to divide into cantons
- canulated — Simple past tense and past participle of canulate.
- canulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canulate.
- canzonets — Plural form of canzonet.
- cape cart — a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle sometimes with a canvas hood
- cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)