9-letter words containing r, c, n
- calendars — Plural form of calendar.
- calenders — Plural form of calender.
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- calvarian — calvarial
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cameraman — A cameraman is a person who operates a camera for television or film making.
- cameramen — Plural form of cameraman.
- cameroons — former region in W Africa consisting of two trust territories, French Cameroons (in 1960 forming the republic of Cameroon ) and British Cameroons (in 1961 divided between Cameroon and Nigeria)
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- campervan — (Australia, NZ, British) A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
- canal ray — a stream of positive ions produced in a discharge tube by allowing them to pass through holes in the cathode
- canaveral — Capecape on the E coast of Fla.: U.S. proving ground for missiles and spacecraft
- canberran — a native or inhabitant of Canberra
- canceleer — (of a hawk) to turn in flight when a stoop fails, in order to re-attempt it
- canceller — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cancerate — to become cancerous
- cancerian — a person born under the sign of Cancer, usually between June 21 and July 22.
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- candy bar — A candy bar is a long, thin, sweet food, usually covered in chocolate.
- candygram — a message accompanied by sweets
- cane reed — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canebrake — a thicket of canes
- canebreak — Alternative spelling of canebrake.
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- canephora — Caryatid that supports a basket on her head.
- canicular — of or relating to the star Sirius or its rising
- canisters — Plural form of canister.
- cankering — a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- cankerous — having cankers
- cannelure — a groove or fluting, esp one around the cylindrical part of a bullet
- canneries — Plural form of cannery.
- cannister — Misspelling of canister.
- cannoneer — (formerly) a soldier who served and fired a cannon; artilleryman
- cannonier — Alternative form of cannoneer.
- canonizer — a person who canonizes
- canonries — Plural form of canonry.
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- cantabria — a province and autonomous community in N Spain
- cantering — an easy gallop.
- cantharid — any beetle of the family Cantharidae, having a soft elongated body; though found frequenting flowers, they are carnivorous
- cantharis — Spanish fly (sense 1)
- cantharus — a large two-handled pottery cup
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
- canvasser — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- canyoneer — a person who explores canyons
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- cape horn — a rocky headland on an island at the extreme S tip of South America, belonging to Chile. It is notorious for gales and heavy seas; until the building of the Panama Canal it lay on the only sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry