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9-letter words containing n, o, c, a

  • carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
  • carronade — an obsolete naval gun of short barrel and large bore
  • cartonage — the material from which many Egyptian mummy masks and coffins were made, consisting of linen or papyrus held together with glue
  • cartonero — A person in Latin America who collects discarded waste, such as cardboard, to reuse or resell.
  • cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
  • cartooney — Misspelling of cartoony.
  • casanovas — Plural form of casanova.
  • caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
  • casebound — bound in hard covers.
  • cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
  • cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
  • cassonade — raw or unrefined sugar
  • cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
  • cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
  • cast-iron — made of cast iron.
  • castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
  • catalonia — a region of NE Spain, with a strong separatist tradition: became an autonomous region with its own parliament in 1979; an important agricultural and industrial region, with many resorts. Pop: 7 012 600 (2003 est). Area: 31 929 sq km (12 328 sq miles)
  • catamount — any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
  • catanzaro — a city in S Italy, in Calabria. Pop: 95 251 (2001)
  • catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
  • catatonic — If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs.
  • cathinone — (organic compound) The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone that is the active ingredient of khat.
  • cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
  • causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
  • cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
  • cautioner — A person who cautions.
  • cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
  • cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
  • cavessons — Plural form of cavesson.
  • cavewoman — A prehistoric woman who lived in caves.
  • cavewomen — Plural form of cavewoman.
  • cavorting — to prance or caper about.
  • ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
  • cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
  • censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
  • censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
  • centonate — having many pieces or patches
  • ceromancy — divination by interpreting the significance of shapes formed when melted wax is dropped into water
  • certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
  • cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
  • chaconine — a toxic alkaloid substance found in potatoes
  • chaconnes — Plural form of chaconne.
  • chaeronea — an ancient Greek town in W Boeotia: site of the victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians and Thebans (338 bc) and of Sulla over Mithridates (86 bc)
  • chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
  • chalazion — a small cyst on the eyelid resulting from chronic inflammation of a meibomian gland
  • chalcedon — ancient Greek city on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium: site of the 4th ecumenical council, a.d. 451
  • chalcogen — any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table
  • chameleon — A chameleon is a kind of lizard whose skin changes colour to match the colour of its surroundings.
  • chamfrons — Plural form of chamfron.
  • champions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion.
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