9-letter words starting with c
- camellias — Plural form of camellia.
- camellike — resembling a camel
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- cameraman — A cameraman is a person who operates a camera for television or film making.
- cameramen — Plural form of cameraman.
- camerated — vaulted
- cameroons — former region in W Africa consisting of two trust territories, French Cameroons (in 1960 forming the republic of Cameroon ) and British Cameroons (in 1961 divided between Cameroon and Nigeria)
- camisoles — Plural form of camisole.
- cammaerts — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA). Belgian poet.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- camp oven — a metal pot or box with a heavy lid, used for baking over an open fire
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campagnol — (archaic) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis) that often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
- campaigns — Plural form of campaign.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
- campanist — an expert on bells
- campanula — any N temperate plant of the campanulaceous genus Campanula, typically having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
- campcraft — the skills that are required for camping
- campeador — a champion
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- campervan — (Australia, NZ, British) A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- campiness — the quality of being campy
- campodean — a campodeid.
- campodeid — any of various primitive and wingless insects of the genus Campodea
- camporees — Plural form of camporee.
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- campstool — a lightweight folding stool
- camshafts — Plural form of camshaft.
- camstairy — perverse or unruly
- can't win — If you say that someone can't win in a particular situation, you mean that they are certain to fail or to suffer whatever they do.
- canaanite — a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied the land of Canaan before the Israelite conquest
- canadiens — Alternative spelling of Canadiens.
- canal ray — a stream of positive ions produced in a discharge tube by allowing them to pass through holes in the cathode
- canalboat — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
- canaletto — original name Giovanni Antonio Canale. 1697–1768, Italian painter and etcher, noted particularly for his highly detailed paintings of cities, esp Venice, which are marked by strong contrasts of light and shade
- canalised — to make a canal or canals through.
- canalized — Simple past tense and past participle of canalize.
- canalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canalize.
- canaveral — Capecape on the E coast of Fla.: U.S. proving ground for missiles and spacecraft
- canberran — a native or inhabitant of Canberra
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- canceleer — (of a hawk) to turn in flight when a stoop fails, in order to re-attempt it
- canceling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cancelled — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- canceller — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cancellus — (in an early Christian basilica) one of a row of bars separating the clergy and sometimes the choir from the congregation.
- cancerate — to become cancerous