9-letter words containing t, r, a
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- cultrated — Cultrate.
- culturati — the cultured elite of a society
- cunctator — (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus"Cunctator") 275–203 b.c, Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.
- curatress — A female curator.
- curd tart — a tart with a sweet filling in which curd is the main ingredient
- curettage — the process of using a curette
- curialist — a member or supporter of the papal curia
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtailer — One who curtails.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtal ax — a cutlass
- curtalaxe — a cutlass
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curtilage — the enclosed area of land adjacent to a dwelling house
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- curvature — The curvature of something is its curved shape, especially when this shape is part of the circumference of a circle.
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- custumary — Obsolete form of customary.
- cut a rug — a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Compare carpet.
- cut-grass — any grass (esp. Leersia oryzoides) having tiny hooks along the edges of the blades that cause scratches on the human skin
- cut-rater — a person or company that offers goods or services at cut-rate prices.
- cuticular — Of or pertaining to the cuticle.
- cutthroat — a person who cuts throats; murderer
- cutwaters — Plural form of cutwater.
- cyanurate — a salt or ester derived from cyanide
- cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
- cyberchat — Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
- cybernate — to control (a manufacturing process) with a servomechanism or (of a process) to be controlled by a servomechanism
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- cytherean — of or relating to Cytherea.
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- damnatory — threatening or occasioning condemnation
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- dandiprat — a small English coin minted in the 16th century
- dankworth — Sir John (Philip William). 1927–2010, British jazz composer, bandleader, and saxophonist: married to Cleo Laine
- dark meat — meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey (distinguished from white meat).
- dark star — an invisible star known to exist only from observation of its radio, infrared, or other spectrum or of its gravitational effect, such as an invisible component of a binary or multiple star
- darmstadt — an industrial city in central Germany, in Hesse: former capital of the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (1567–1945). Pop: 139 698 (2003 est)
- darnation — Alternative form of tarnation.
- darnedest — (euphemistic) See damnedest.
- dartboard — A dartboard is a circular board with numbers on it which is used as the target in a game of darts.
- dartingly — In a darting manner; rapidly.
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- darwinist — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.