9-letter words containing u, c, t
- credulity — Credulity is a willingness to believe that something is real or true.
- crenature — a rounded projection, as on the margin of a leaf, etc.
- crenulate — having a margin very finely notched with rounded projections, as certain leaves
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criterium — a bicycle road race, consisting of numerous laps of a short closed circuit
- critiqued — Simple past tense and past participle of critique.
- critiques — Plural form of critique.
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- crop-dust — to subject (a field) to crop-dusting.
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- croqueted — Simple past tense and past participle of croquet.
- croquette — Croquettes are small amounts of mashed potato or meat rolled in breadcrumbs and fried.
- cross out — If you cross out words on a page, you draw a line through them, because they are wrong or because you want to change them.
- cross-cut — made or used for cutting crosswise.
- cross-out — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- crosscuts — Plural form of crosscut.
- crotonbug — species of cockroach
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crowd out — If one thing crowds out another, it is so successful or common that the other thing does not have the opportunity to be successful or exist.
- crudities — the state or quality of being crude.
- cruellest — Superlative form of cruel.
- cruelties — Plural form of cruelty.
- cruet set — a set of pots to hold salt and pepper
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crummiest — Superlative form of crummy.
- crustacea — a collective term for members of the Crustacea class of (mainly aquatic) mandibulate arthropods, characterized by their usually chitinous exoskeletons
- crustiest — having a crisp or thick crust: a loaf of crusty French bread.
- crustless — without a crust or crusts
- cruz alta — a city in S Brazil.
- cry quits — to give up a task, fight, etc
- ctenidium — one of the comblike respiratory gills of molluscs
- cub scout — a member of a junior branch (for those aged 8–11 years) of the Scout Association
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cube root — The cube root of a number is another number that makes the first number when it is multiplied by itself twice. For example, the cube root of 8 is 2.
- cube unit — Cube units are shelving units made up of horizontal and vertical dividers which form open-ended cubes, suitable for displaying products such as towels in a range of colors.
- cucullate — shaped like a hood or having a hoodlike part
- cucurbits — Plural form of cucurbit.
- cue sheet — a detailed listing of cues for use by a stage manager or the technicians during the production of a play or broadcast.
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- culminant — highest or culminating
- culminate — If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cult film — a film that a certain group of people admire very much
- cultellus — a sharp, knifelike structure, as the mouthparts of certain bloodsucking flies.
- cultigens — Plural form of cultigen.
- cultishly — In a cultish manner.
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- cultrated — Cultrate.
- culturati — the cultured elite of a society