9-letter words containing r, c, n
- anacharis — a genus of water plant native to North America and commonly used in aquariums
- anachrony — a discrepancy between the order of events in a story and the order in which they are presented in the plot: Anachronies are either flashbacks or flashforwards.
- anacronym — An acronym the original meaning of which is not known to most speakers.
- anacruses — Plural form of anacrusis.
- anacrusis — one or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- anaphoric — of or relating to anaphora
- anarchial — characterized by anarchy or political confusion
- anarchies — Plural form of anarchy.
- anarchise — make anarchic
- anarchism — Anarchism is the belief that the laws and power of governments should be replaced by people working together freely.
- anarchist — An anarchist is a person who believes in anarchism.
- anarchize — to make anarchic, to destroy the order of things
- anarthric — relating to anarthria
- ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
- ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
- anchorage — An anchorage is a place where a boat can anchor safely.
- anchoress — a female anchorite
- anchoring — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- anchorman — The anchorman on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it.
- anchormen — Plural form of anchorman.
- ancientry — the quality of being ancient, or old-fashioned style
- ancillary — The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution.
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- angiocarp — a plant bearing an angiocarpous fruit.
- announcer — An announcer is someone who introduces programmes on radio or television or who reads the text of a radio or television advertisement.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- antarctic — The Antarctic is the area around the South Pole.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anthocarp — a composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth
- anthracic — relating to anthrax
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anti-icer — a device fitted to an aircraft to prevent the formation of ice
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- anticrack — protecting a computer against unauthorized access
- anticrime — preventing or fighting crime
- antiulcer — acting against ulcers
- apocenter — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
- arachnoid — the middle of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
- araucania — a region of central Chile, inhabited by Araucanian Indians
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- archangel — In the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions, an archangel is an angel of the highest rank.