9-letter words containing k, a, r
- carmakers — Plural form of carmaker.
- carryback — (in U.S. income-tax law) a special provision allowing part of a net loss or of an unused credit in a given year to be apportioned over one or two preceding years, chiefly in order to ease the tax burden. Compare carry·forward (def 2).
- case-work — the work of investigation, advice, supervision, etc., by social workers or the like, in cases handled by them.
- casemaker — a machine that produces the stiff covers for hardback books
- catchwork — A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
- catterick — a village in N England, in North Yorkshire on the River Swale: site of an important army garrison and a racecourse
- chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
- chairback — the part of a chair that supports the sitter's back
- chalkrail — a troughlike molding or strip holding chalk, erasers, etc., under a blackboard.
- checkmark — a tick
- checkrail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- cherkassy — city & port in central Ukraine, on the Dnepr River: pop. 302,000
- chickaree — another name for American red squirrel
- chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
- chop mark — a notch or other mark made in a coin to indicate verification of its authenticity, especially by a banker or merchant in the Far East during the 18th or 19th centuries.
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- chromakey — (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted
- cigarlike — resembling a cigar
- classwork — school assignments done in the classroom
- clearskin — Cleanskin.
- clickwrap — an agreement made by a computer user through clicking on a particular button onscreen
- cloakroom — In a public building, the cloakroom is the place where people can leave their coats, umbrellas, and so on.
- coachwork — the design and manufacture of car bodies
- coatracks — Plural form of coatrack.
- cockroach — A cockroach is a large brown insect that is sometimes found in warm places or where food is kept.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- core leak — memory leak
- coremaker — a person who makes cores for foundry molds.
- corkboard — a thin slab made of granules of cork, used as a floor or wall finish and as an insulator
- corkonian — a native or inhabitant of the city of Cork
- corn cake — Midland and Southern U.S. a flat corn bread baked on a griddle.
- corncrake — a common Eurasian rail, Crex crex, of fields and meadows, with a buff speckled plumage and reddish wings
- cornflake — Cornflakes are small flat pieces of maize that are eaten with milk as a breakfast cereal. They are popular in Britain and the United States.
- cornstalk — a stalk or stem of corn
- cow shark — any large primitive shark, esp Hexanchus griseum, of the family Hexanchidae of warm and temperate waters
- crab cake — patty made of crab meat
- crabstick — a stick, cane, or cudgel made of crab-apple wood
- crack off — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- crackable — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- crackback — (in American football) an illegal block made by an offensive player
- crackdown — A crackdown is strong official action that is taken to punish people who break laws.
- crackhead — a person addicted to the drug crack
- crackling — the crisp browned skin of roast pork
- cracknels — crisply fried bits of fat pork
- crackpots — Plural form of crackpot.
- cracksman — a burglar, esp a safe-breaker
- cracksmen — Plural form of cracksman.
- craftwork — works of artistry or craft
- crampbark — a large deciduous shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the Caprifoliaceae family, native to Europe and eastern parts of North America
- cranbrook — a city in SE British Columbia, in SW Canada.