9-letter words containing r, i, m
- crampfish — a ray of the order Torpediniformes with electric organs on either side of its head
- cream ice — ice cream.
- creamiest — Superlative form of creamy.
- creamlaid — (of laid paper) cream-coloured and of a ribbed appearance
- creamlike — Resembling cream.
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- cretinism — a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and learning difficulties
- cribellum — a sievelike spinning organ in certain spiders that occurs between the spinnerets
- crimeless — free from crime; innocent
- crimeware — (computing) Software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- criminals — Plural form of criminal.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- criminous — criminal
- crimplene — Crimplene is an artificial fabric used for making clothes which does not crease easily.
- crimsoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.
- criterium — a bicycle road race, consisting of numerous laps of a short closed circuit
- criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
- crocosmia — any plant of the cormous S. African genus Crocosmia, including the plant known to gardeners as montbretia: family Iridaceae
- crop milk — a liquid secreted in the crop of certain adult pigeons and fed to their newly hatched young.
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- crotonism — poisoning by ingestion of croton oil, characterized by burning of the mouth, severe diarrhea, and colic, with possible death from respiratory or circulatory failure.
- cruciform — A cruciform building or object is shaped like a cross.
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crumbling — to break into small fragments or crumbs.
- crummiest — Superlative form of crummy.
- crumpling — Present participle of crumple.
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- cumbering — Present participle of cumber.
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- curialism — the doctrine and methods of the ultramontane party in the Roman Catholic Church
- curviform — having a curved shape
- cymbiform — having the shape of a boat
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- dairymaid — (esp formerly) a girl or woman who works in a dairy, esp one who milks cows and makes butter and cheese on a farm
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- darwinism — the theory of the origin of animal and plant species by evolution through a process of natural selection
- de moivre — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1667–1754, French mathematician in England.
- decameric — Of or pertaining to a decamer.
- decemviri — Plural form of decemvir.
- decemvirs — a member of a permanent board or a special commission of ten members in ancient Rome, especially the commission that drew up Rome's first code of law.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimeter — one tenth of a meter (3.937 inches)
- decimetre — one tenth of a metre
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- deforming — Present participle of deform.
- deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
- degerming — to rid of germs.