9-letter words containing i, e, a
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cacogenic — dysgenics.
- cacomixle — Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
- cadaveric — a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
- 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
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- caecilian — any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- caesarism — an autocratic system of government
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- cafe noir — black coffee
- cafeteria — A cafeteria is a restaurant where you choose your food from a counter and take it to your table after paying for it. Cafeterias are usually found in public buildings such as hospitals and stores.
- cafetiere — A cafetière is a type of coffee pot that has a disk with small holes in it attached to the lid. You push the lid down to separate the liquid from the ground coffee when it is ready to drink.
- caffeinic — related to or containing caffeine
- cage bird — a pet bird kept in a cage
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- cagelings — Plural form of cageling.
- cailleach — an old woman
- caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
- calcicole — any plant that thrives in lime-rich soils
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- calcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify.
- calcifuge — any plant that thrives in acid soils but not in lime-rich soils
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls
- caledonia — Scotland
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- 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 time — to suspend play temporarily
- caller id — A telephone that has caller ID displays the telephone number and name of the person who is calling you.
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvities — baldness
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- camellias — Plural form of camellia.
- camellike — resembling a camel
- camisoles — Plural form of camisole.
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building