9-letter words containing i, r, a, n
- crankpins — Plural form of crankpin.
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- cravingly — With longing or craving.
- crayoning — Draw with a crayon or crayons.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- 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.
- criminals — Plural form of criminal.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- crinoidal — (zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crusading — campaigning
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- cunicular — a small conduit or burrow, as an underground drain or rabbit hole.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- cybrarian — a person responsible for archives and information available on the internet
- cyrenaica — a region and former province (1951–63) of E Libya: largely desert; settled by the Greeks in about 630 bc; ruled successively by the Egyptians, Romans, Arabs, Turks, and Italians. Area: 855 370 sq km (330 258 sq miles)
- daggering — A type of dance associated with dancehall, where dancer simulate dry sex to the musical beat.
- dairyland — an area or region specializing in dairy production, as Wisconsin and Minnesota in the U.S.
- dan river — a river in S Virginia and N North Carolina, flowing S and E to the Roanoke River. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- dandering — Present participle of dander.
- dandiprat — a small English coin minted in the 16th century
- dardanian — Trojan
- darkening — Present participle of darken.
- darklings — in darkness
- darlingly — in a darling or charming manner
- darnation — Alternative form of tarnation.
- dartingly — In a darting manner; rapidly.
- darwinian — of or relating to Charles Darwin or his theory of evolution by natural selection
- darwinism — the theory of the origin of animal and plant species by evolution through a process of natural selection
- darwinist — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dawn raid — If police officers carry out a dawn raid, they go to someone's house very early in the morning to search it or arrest them.
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- dayspring — the dawn
- deaneries — Plural form of deanery.
- debarking — Present participle of debark.
- debarring — Present participle of debar.
- debonaire — charming and sophisticated
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)