9-letter words containing t, r, a
- cataloger — a person, normally in a library, who catalogues literary materials
- catalyser — Alternative form of catalyzer.
- catalyzer — That which catalyzes.
- catamaran — A catamaran is a sailing boat with two parallel hulls that are held in place by a single deck.
- catamarca — a city in N Argentina.
- catanzaro — a city in S Italy, in Calabria. Pop: 95 251 (2001)
- cataphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word used subsequently in the same discourse
- cataracts — Plural form of cataract.
- catarrhal — Pathology. inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, accompanied by excessive secretions.
- catcaller — a shrill, whistlelike sound or loud raucous shout made to express disapproval at a theater, meeting, etc.
- catchword — A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
- catchwork — A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
- categoric — Categoric means the same as categorical.
- caterwaul — If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
- catharise — purify
- catharize — to purify or make clean
- catharses — Plural form of catharsis.
- catharsis — Catharsis is getting rid of unhappy memories or strong emotions such as anger or sadness by expressing them in some way.
- cathartic — Something that is cathartic has the effect of catharsis.
- cathartid — (zoology) Any member of the Cathartidae.
- cathedral — A cathedral is a very large and important church which has a bishop in charge of it.
- catherine — Saint. died 307 ad, legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded
- catheters — Plural form of catheter.
- catnapper — a person who catnaps
- catoptric — the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
- catterick — a village in N England, in North Yorkshire on the River Swale: site of an important army garrison and a racecourse
- catteries — Plural form of cattery.
- cauterant — caustic; cauterizing
- cauteries — Plural form of cautery.
- cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cauterize — If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- caveators — a person who files or enters a caveat.
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- celebrant — A celebrant is a person who performs or takes part in a religious ceremony.
- celebrate — If you celebrate, you do something enjoyable because of a special occasion or to mark someone's success.
- centaurea — any of a genus (Centaurea) of annual and perennial plants of the composite family, having egg-shaped flower heads, including the star thistles and the bachelor's buttons
- centauric — characterized by an integration of mind and body for consciousness above the ego-self
- centaurus — a conspicuous extensive constellation in the S hemisphere, close to the Southern Cross, that contains two first magnitude stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, and the globular cluster Omega Centauri
- centenary — The centenary of an event such as someone's birth is the 100th anniversary of that event.
- centigram — one hundredth of a gram
- centralia — a city in central Illinois.
- centrally — of or forming the center: the central hut in the village.
- centrical — pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- ceramists — Plural form of ceramist.
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- ceratitis — Alternative spelling of keratitis.