9-letter words containing r, e, o, i
- censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
- censoring — any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
- centriole — either of two rodlike bodies in most animal cells that form the poles of the spindle during mitosis
- centroids — Plural form of centroid.
- centurion — A centurion was an officer in the Roman army.
- cerebroid — resembling the cerebrum or the brain.
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- chiropter — an animal of the order Chiroptera; a bat
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- choephori — a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- cholerine — (pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- chordwise — in the direction of an aerofoil chord
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- choreutic — of or belonging to a chorus.
- chorister — A chorister is a singer in a church choir.
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- chronicle — To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
- cinderous — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- cinereous — of a greyish colour
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- claiborne — a male given name.
- cloisters — Plural form of cloister.
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- co-driver — one of two drivers who take turns to drive a car, esp in a rally
- co-editor — a person who cooperates or collaborates as editor with another.
- co-winner — one of two or more joint winners.
- co-writer — to coauthor.
- coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
- coalminer — One who mines for coal.
- cockering — Present participle of cocker.
- codifiers — Plural form of codifier.
- coercible — to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
- coercibly — in a coercible way
- coercions — Plural form of coercion.
- coffering — a box or chest, especially one for valuables.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- coheiress — a female coheir
- coheritor — a coheir
- coiffured — Coiffured means the same as coiffed.
- coiffures — Plural form of coiffure.