9-letter words containing m, e, r
- cameroons — former region in W Africa consisting of two trust territories, French Cameroons (in 1960 forming the republic of Cameroon ) and British Cameroons (in 1961 divided between Cameroon and Nigeria)
- cammaerts — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA). Belgian poet.
- campeador — a champion
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- campervan — (Australia, NZ, British) A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- camporees — Plural form of camporee.
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
- capsomere — any of the protein units that together form the capsid of a virus
- car crime — crime in which cars are stolen or in which things are stolen from cars
- carambole — to make a carom
- carbamate — a salt or ester of carbamic acid. The salts contain the monovalent ion NH2COO–, and the esters contain the group NH2COO–
- carbamide — urea.
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- card game — A card game is a game that is played using a set of playing cards.
- cardamine — bittercress
- care home — A care home is a large house or institution where people with particular problems or special needs are looked after.
- careerism — devotion to a successful career, often at the expense of one's personal life, ethics, etc.
- carmakers — Plural form of carmaker.
- carmelite — a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar
- carmelize — (US) Alternative form of caramelize.
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- cartelism — the practice of forming cartels
- casemaker — a machine that produces the stiff covers for hardback books
- caseworms — Plural form of caseworm.
- cassimere — a woollen suiting cloth of plain or twill weave
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- cauchemar — a nightmare
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cellarman — a person in charge of a cellar where wine or beer is stored
- cellarmen — Plural form of cellarman.
- centigram — one hundredth of a gram
- centumvir — one of a body of judges responsible for presiding over civil court cases
- centurium — A rejected name for fermium.
- ceramides — Plural form of ceramide.
- ceramists — Plural form of ceramist.
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- cerements — Plural form of cerement.
- ceromancy — divination by interpreting the significance of shapes formed when melted wax is dropped into water
- cetrimide — a quaternary ammonium compound used as a detergent and, having powerful antiseptic properties, for sterilizing surgical instruments, cleaning wounds, etc
- chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- chamberer — someone who attends to a bed chamber; chambermaid or chamberlain
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- chamfered — a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Compare bevel.
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- charmante — Silk fabric with a crepe back.
- charmeuse — a lightweight fabric with a satin-like finish
- charmless — If you say that something or someone is charmless, you mean that they are unattractive or uninteresting.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- checkmark — a tick