9-letter words containing r, c, n
- chandlery — the business, warehouse, or merchandise of a chandler
- channeler — a person or thing that channels; specif., a medium (sense 7)
- chantress — a female chanter or singer
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chaperone — A chaperone is someone who accompanies another person somewhere in order to make sure that they do not come to any harm.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- char-ring — to do (housework, odd jobs, or chores); clean or repair.
- charabanc — A charabanc is a large old-fashioned coach with several rows of seats. Charabancs were used especially for taking people on trips or on holiday.
- charangas — Plural form of charanga.
- charangos — Plural form of charango.
- chariness — the state of being chary
- charlatan — You describe someone as a charlatan when they pretend to have skills or knowledge that they do not really possess.
- charleton — a male given name.
- charmante — Silk fabric with a crepe back.
- charminar — a 16th-century monument with four minarets at Hyderabad, India
- charmings — Plural form of charming.
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- charwoman — A charwoman is a woman who is employed to clean houses or offices.
- charwomen — Plural form of charwoman.
- chastener — to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- cheapener — One who cheapens.
- checkrein — a rein usually running from the bit to the saddle, used to keep a horse from lowering its head
- cherenkov — Pavel Alekseyevich (ˈpavɪl alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1904–90, Soviet physicist: noted for work on the effects produced by high-energy particles: shared Nobel prize for physics 1958
- chernenko — Konstantin (Ustinovich) (kənstanˈtin). 1911–85, Soviet statesman; general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1984–85)
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- chernobyl — a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986
- chernozem — a black soil, rich in humus and carbonates, in cool or temperate semiarid regions, as the grasslands of Russia
- cherubini — (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.
- cheruping — Present participle of cherup.
- cherylene — a female given name.
- chevronel — a narrow chevron, one-half the usual breadth or less.
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- chin rest — a device fixed to the top of a violin or viola to provide a firm rest for the player's chin.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chironomy — the craft or artistry of moving the hands by following a standard or formula in relation to theatrical, oratory, or musical performance
- chirpsing — Present participle of chirpse.
- chloracne — a disfiguring skin disease that results from contact with or ingestion or inhalation of certain chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- cholerine — (pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- chondroid — cartilaginous or similar to cartilage
- chondroma — a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- chorionic — Of or pertaining to the chorion.
- chorizont — a person who challenges the authorship of a work