9-letter words containing m, r, a
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- bucranium — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bujumbura — the capital of Burundi, a port at the NE end of Lake Tanganyika. Pop: 419 000 (2005 est)
- bullarium — a collection of papal bulls.
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- cablegram — a message sent by undersea cable
- cactiform — resembling a cactus
- caesarism — an autocratic system of government
- cairngorm — a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- calembour — a pun
- calligram — a poem in which words are positioned so as to create a visual image of the subject on the page
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- camarilla — a group of confidential advisers, esp formerly, to the Spanish kings; cabal
- camarillo — a city in SW California.
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambiform — resembling a cambium
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- camcorder — A camcorder is a portable video camera which records both pictures and sound.
- cameleers — Plural form of cameleer.
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- cameraman — A cameraman is a person who operates a camera for television or film making.
- cameramen — Plural form of cameraman.
- camerated — vaulted
- 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.
- campcraft — the skills that are required for camping
- 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.
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- camstairy — perverse or unruly
- candygram — a message accompanied by sweets
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
- capriform — resembling a goat
- capsomere — any of the protein units that together form the capsid of a virus
- car alarm — A car alarm is a device in a car which makes a loud noise if anyone tries to break into the vehicle.
- car crime — crime in which cars are stolen or in which things are stolen from cars
- carambola — a tree, Averrhoa carambola, probably native to Brazil but cultivated in the tropics, esp SE Asia, for its edible fruit
- 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.
- carbamino — relating to the compound produced when carbon dioxide reacts with an amino group
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical