9-letter words containing p, r, e, c
- corporeal — Corporeal means involving or relating to the physical world rather than the spiritual world.
- corpulent — If you describe someone as corpulent, you mean they are fat.
- corpuscle — Corpuscles are red or white blood cells.
- corrupted — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corrupter — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- cosphered — sharing the same sphere
- cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- cowkeeper — (archaic) cowherd.
- cowperson — (politically correct, rare) a cowhand of any gender.
- crabapple — Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
- cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
- crapelike — resembling crape
- crappiest — Superlative form of crappy.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- creamcups — a Californian papaveraceous plant, Platystemon californicus, with small cream-coloured or yellow flowers on long flower stalks
- creampuff — puff pastry filled with cream
- crease up — If someone or something makes you crease up or creases you up, they make you laugh a lot.
- creepiest — Superlative form of creepy.
- cremocarp — any fruit consisting of two united carpels which hang from a supporting axis
- crepiness — the quality of being crepe-like in texture, esp in skin
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- crepitate — to make a rattling or crackling sound; rattle or crackle
- crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
- crepuscle — twilight
- crespelle — (plurale tantum) Small, folded pancakes, with a savoury (or sweet) filling, sometimes served with a sauce.
- crew pram — concurrent read, exclusive write PRAM.
- crimplene — Crimplene is an artificial fabric used for making clothes which does not crease easily.
- cripplers — Plural form of crippler.
- crispated — Crispate.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- crispness — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
- croupiers — Plural form of croupier.
- crowsteps — Plural form of crowstep.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- cryoprobe — a surgical instrument with an extremely cold tip, used in cryosurgery to destroy tissue
- cryoscope — any instrument used to determine the freezing point of a substance
- cryosleep — (science fiction) A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
- cupbearer — an attendant who fills and serves wine cups, as in a royal household
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- cupflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nierembergia, of the nightshade family, having showy tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
- cupressus — any tree of the genus Cupressus
- curlpaper — a strip of paper used to roll up and set a section of hair, usually wetted, into a curl
- curseperl — A curses library for Perl by the author of Perl, Larry Wall <[email protected]>. It comes with Perl.