9-letter words containing r, c, n
- iron-sick — noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- irritancy — tending to cause irritation; irritating.
- isenergic — denoting equal energy
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- jacaranda — any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Jacaranda, of the catalpa family, having showy clusters of usually purplish flowers.
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- jerry can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- jib crane — a crane having an arm guyed at a fixed angle to the head of a rotating mast.
- jobcentre — Alternative spelling of Jobcentre.
- junctural — of or relating to phonological juncture.
- junctures — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- kick turn — a turn from a stationary position in which a skier lifts one ski to a point where the heel is nearly at right angles to the snow, then faces the ski outward, sets it down in the direction to be turned, and swings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- king crab — horseshoe crab.
- kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.
- kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- knackered — exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.
- knickered — wearing knickers.
- knockover — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knucklers — Plural form of knuckler.
- kronecker — Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; German ley-oh-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; German ˈleɪ oʊˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1823–91, German mathematician.
- la coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- lace-fern — a small, tufted fern, Cheilanthes gracillima, having dark-brown stalks and fronds about 4 inches (10.2 cm) long.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lactarian — lactovegetarian (def 1).
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lanceolar — (botany) lanceolate.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- land crab — any of several crabs, especially of the family Gecarcinidae, that live chiefly upon land, returning to the sea to breed.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- larvacean — Any of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
- latrociny — banditry
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- lechering — a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- licensure — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- licker-in — a roller on a carding machine, especially the roller that opens the stock as it is fed into the card and transfers the fibers to the main cylinder.
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- limerence — The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one’s feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- long card — a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn.