9-letter words containing u, t, r, n
- computron — (jargon) /kom'pyoo-tron"/ 1. A notional unit of computing power combining execution speed and storage capacity. E.g. "That machine can't run GNU Emacs, it doesn't have enough computrons!" 2. A mythical subatomic particle that carries computation or information, in much the same way that an electron carries electric charge (see also bogon).
- conductor — A conductor is a person who stands in front of an orchestra or choir and directs its performance.
- confiture — a confection, preserve of fruit, etc
- congruent — If one thing is congruent with another thing, they are similar or fit together well.
- congruity — the condition or fact of being congruous or congruent
- connature — the state or quality of sharing a common nature or character
- construal — an act of construing
- construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- construed — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
- construes — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
- consulter — One who consults, or asks counsel or information.
- consultor — a counselor or advisor
- continuer — One who, or that which, continues.
- contoured — A contoured surface has curves and slopes on it, rather than being flat.
- corn smut — an ascomycetous parasitic fungus, Ustilago zeae, that causes gall-like deformations on maize grain
- coroutine — (programming) A piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.
- corpulent — If you describe someone as corpulent, you mean they are fat.
- coruscant — giving off flashes of light
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- cothurnus — the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy
- 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.
- 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.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- 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.
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- crotonbug — species of cockroach
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- 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.
- 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.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- curetting — to scrape with a curette.
- currently — at the presenttime; now: She is currently working as a lab technician.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curtsying — Present participle of curtsey.
- curvation — the action of curving or bending