9-letter words containing i, n, t, c, e
- continued — continuing; not having stopped
- continuer — One who, or that which, continues.
- continues — to go on after suspension or interruption: The program continued after an intermission.
- contrived — If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
- contriver — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- contrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive.
- contusive — to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- convexity — the state or quality of being convex
- convicted — to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.
- copataine — (of a hat) high-crowned
- corneitis — an inflammation of the cornea
- cornetist — a person who plays the cornet
- coroutine — (programming) A piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.
- corrigent — (in a medicine) an ingredient that negates a side effect of another ingredient
- corseting — Present participle of corset.
- cortisone — Cortisone is a hormone used in the treatment of arthritis, allergies, and some skin diseases.
- cosseting — to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.
- cottering — Present participle of cotter.
- cotunnite — a soft, white to yellowish mineral, lead chloride, PbCl 2 , that forms as an alteration product of galena.
- countline — (in the confectionery trade) a chocolate-based bar
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- cowritten — to coauthor.
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- crediting — Present participle of credit.
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- crestings — Plural form of cresting.
- cretinise — make (someone) a cretin
- cretinism — a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and learning difficulties
- cretinize — to cause (a person) to be a cretin or cretinous
- cretinoid — a person suffering from cretinism.
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- criterion — A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- ctenidium — one of the comblike respiratory gills of molluscs
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cube unit — Cube units are shelving units made up of horizontal and vertical dividers which form open-ended cubes, suitable for displaying products such as towels in a range of colors.
- culminate — If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
- cultigens — Plural form of cultigen.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- curetting — to scrape with a curette.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curveting — Present participle of curvet.