9-letter words containing t, r, a
- crataegus — (botany) Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- craterlet — a small crater
- craterous — of, relating to, or resembling a crater
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- crazy top — a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes.
- cream tea — In Britain, a cream tea is an afternoon meal that consists of tea to drink and small cakes called scones that are eaten with jam and cream. Cream teas are served in places such as tea shops.
- creamiest — Superlative form of creamy.
- creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- creatress — A female creator.
- creatural — of, relating to, or of the nature of a creature.
- creatures — Plural form of creature.
- cremaster — the muscle which raises and lowers the testicles
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crematory — A crematory is the same as a crematorium.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- crenature — a rounded projection, as on the margin of a leaf, etc.
- crenelate — to furnish with battlements or crenels, or with squared notches
- crenulate — having a margin very finely notched with rounded projections, as certain leaves
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- crepitate — to make a rattling or crackling sound; rattle or crackle
- crewmates — Plural form of crewmate.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- crispated — Crispate.
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- criterial — of or relating to criteria
- criterias — (nonstandard, proscribed) Plural form of criteria.
- criticals — Plural form of critical.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
- crosstabs — Simple language for statistical analysis of tabular data. "User's Manual for the CROSSTABS System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (Feb 1977).
- crosstalk — unwanted signals in one channel of a communications system as a result of a transfer of energy from one or more other channels
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- croweater — (Australia, slang) A person from South Australia.
- crustacea — a collective term for members of the Crustacea class of (mainly aquatic) mandibulate arthropods, characterized by their usually chitinous exoskeletons
- cruz alta — a city in S Brazil.
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- cryptical — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- crystall- — crystallo-
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor