9-letter words containing n, r, s
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- credences — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of credence.
- credenzas — Plural form of credenza.
- creodonts — Plural form of creodont.
- crepiness — the quality of being crepe-like in texture, esp in skin
- crescence — (obsolete) increase; enlargement.
- crescendo — A crescendo is a noise that gets louder and louder. Some people also use crescendo to refer to the point when a noise is at its loudest.
- crescents — Plural form of crescent.
- crestings — Plural form of cresting.
- cretinise — make (someone) a cretin
- cretinism — a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and learning difficulties
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criminals — Plural form of criminal.
- criminous — criminal
- crimsoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.
- crinosity — Hairiness.
- crispness — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
- crossings — Plural form of crossing.
- crossline — a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.
- crossness — the quality or state of being cross or angry; irritability; snappishness.
- crosstown — A crosstown bus or route is one that crosses the main roads or transportation lines of a town or city.
- crosswind — A crosswind is a strong wind that blows across the direction that vehicles, boats, or aircraft are travelling in, and that makes it difficult for them to keep moving steadily forward.
- crotonism — poisoning by ingestion of croton oil, characterized by burning of the mouth, severe diarrhea, and colic, with possible death from respiratory or circulatory failure.
- crown saw — a hollow cylinder with cutting teeth forming a rotary saw for trepanning
- crownings — Plural form of crowning.
- crownless — Without a crown.
- crudeness — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
- cruelness — The state of being cruel; cruelty.
- crumhorns — Plural form of crumhorn.
- crunchers — Plural form of cruncher.
- crusading — campaigning
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- cuisinier — a cook; chef
- culverins — Plural form of culverin.
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- curliness — The state of being curly.
- curtsying — Present participle of curtsey.
- curviness — The state or condition of being curvy.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- darkeners — Plural form of darkener.
- darkeness — Obsolete form of darkness.
- darklings — in darkness
- darknesse — Archaic spelling of darkness.