9-letter words containing u, n, c
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- circulant — (mathematics) A circulant matrix.
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- clean-cut — Someone, especially a boy or man, who is clean-cut has a neat, tidy appearance.
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- clinquant — glittering, esp with tinsel
- close-run — If you describe something such as a race or contest as a close-run thing, you mean that it was only won by a very small amount.
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- cloudland — region of dreams, imagination, or impractical speculation; visionary realm
- club hand — a deformity of the hand, analogous to club foot
- clubhands — Plural form of clubhand.
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.
- clunkhead — a stupid or foolish person.
- clutching — to hatch (chickens).
- coadunate — united; joined together
- coagulant — a substance that aids or produces coagulation
- cocoanuts — Plural form of cocoanut.
- cocounsel — to counsel jointly
- coenamour — to enamour jointly
- coenesque — reminiscent of the work US film-makers Joel and Ethan Coen (born 1954 and 1957 respectively), featuring bizarre and involved plots, use of irony and black humour, and allusions to film classics
- coenobium — a monastery or convent
- cofounded — to establish (an organization) with another or others.
- cofounder — a joint founder
- cohousing — a type of housing with some shared facilities
- coinsurer — A coinsurer is a person or company whose policy covers the same risk as that of another person or company, and shares the loss.
- coinsures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coinsure.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- colluding — to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.
- collusion — Collusion is secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- colour in — If you colour in a drawing, you give it different colours using crayons or paints.
- colourant — A colourant is a substance that is used to give something a particular colour.
- colouring — The colouring of something is the colour or colours that it is.
- colourman — a person who deals in paints
- colubrine — of or resembling a snake
- columbian — of or relating to the United States
- columbine — any plant of the ranunculaceous genus Aquilegia, having purple, blue, yellow, or red flowers with five spurred petals
- columnist — A columnist is a journalist who regularly writes a particular kind of article in a newspaper or magazine.
- come upon — If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance.
- comminute — to break (a bone) into several small fragments
- communard — a member of a commune
- communing — to partake of the Eucharist.
- communion — Communion with nature or with a person is the feeling that you are sharing thoughts or feelings with them.
- communise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of communize.
- communism — advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community
- communist — A communist is someone who believes in communism.
- community — The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
- communize — to make (property) public; nationalize