9-letter words containing r, c, n
- crokinole — a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- cronelike — Like a crone; old and withered.
- crookneck — any of several varieties of squash with a curved neck
- cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- 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.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crotonbug — species of cockroach
- 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.
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- crowdfund — To fund (a project) by having many individuals pool their money together, usually via the Internet.
- crown cap — an airtight metal seal crimped on the top of most bottled beers, ciders, mineral waters, etc
- crown law — criminal law
- crown rot — a disease of plants, characterized by the rotting of the stem at ground level, caused by any of several fungi.
- crown saw — a hollow cylinder with cutting teeth forming a rotary saw for trepanning
- crownings — Plural form of crowning.
- crownland — a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
- crownless — Without a crown.
- crownwork — the manufacture of artificial crowns for teeth
- crudeness — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
- cruelness — The state of being cruel; cruelty.
- crumbling — to break into small fragments or crumbs.
- crumhorns — Plural form of crumhorn.
- crumpling — Present participle of crumple.
- crunchers — Plural form of cruncher.
- crunching — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
- crusading — campaigning
- cry uncle — a brother of one's father or mother.
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- cuisinier — a cook; chef
- cullender — colander
- culturgen — One of the propagating mutating cultural units that form the subject of memetics.
- culturing — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- culverins — Plural form of culverin.
- cumbering — Present participle of cumber.
- cumbrance — a burden, obstacle, or hindrance
- cunctator — (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus"Cunctator") 275–203 b.c, Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cunicular — a small conduit or burrow, as an underground drain or rabbit hole.
- cupertino — a town in W California.