9-letter words containing u, n, c, r
- count for — to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten.
- countered — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- countrify — to make countrified.
- countryfy — Alternative spelling of countrify.
- couraging — Present participle of courage.
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- courtezan — Alternative spelling of courtesan.
- courtling — a fawning or sycophantic member of a royal court
- coventure — An international coproduction set up in the absence of any official treaty between the countries.
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- cranreuch — a hoarfrost
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- credendum — an article of faith
- 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.
- criminous — criminal
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- crotonbug — species of cockroach
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- crowdfund — To fund (a project) by having many individuals pool their money together, usually via the Internet.
- crudeness — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
- cruelness — The state of being cruel; cruelty.
- crumbling — to break into small fragments or crumbs.
- crumhorns — Plural form of crumhorn.
- crumpling — Present participle of crumple.
- crunchers — Plural form of cruncher.
- crunching — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
- crusading — campaigning
- cry uncle — a brother of one's father or mother.
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- cuisinier — a cook; chef
- cullender — colander
- culturgen — One of the propagating mutating cultural units that form the subject of memetics.
- culturing — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- culverins — Plural form of culverin.
- cumbering — Present participle of cumber.
- cumbrance — a burden, obstacle, or hindrance
- 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.
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cunicular — a small conduit or burrow, as an underground drain or rabbit hole.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- curandera — (in Hispanic America) a female healer or shaman
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.