9-letter words starting with c
- cacomixle — Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
- cacophony — You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony.
- cacotopia — a dystopia
- cactiform — resembling a cactus
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- cadastral — Surveying. (of a map or survey) showing or including boundaries, property lines, etc.
- cadaveric — a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- cadencing — rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- caecilian — any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil
- caesarean — of or relating to any of the Caesars, esp Julius Caesar
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- caesarism — an autocratic system of government
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- cafe noir — black coffee
- cafeteria — A cafeteria is a restaurant where you choose your food from a counter and take it to your table after paying for it. Cafeterias are usually found in public buildings such as hospitals and stores.
- cafetiere — A cafetière is a type of coffee pot that has a disk with small holes in it attached to the lid. You push the lid down to separate the liquid from the ground coffee when it is ready to drink.
- caffeinic — related to or containing caffeine
- cage bird — a pet bird kept in a cage
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- cagelings — Plural form of cageling.
- cageyness — the quality of being cagey
- cagoulard — a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.
- cailleach — an old woman
- cairngorm — a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone
- caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
- cajeputol — cineole.
- cajuputol — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- cake shop — a shop that sells cakes
- cakeholes — Plural form of cakehole.
- cakewalks — Plural form of cakewalk.
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- calaboose — a prison; jail
- calabrese — a variety of green sprouting broccoli
- calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- calamanco — a glossy woollen fabric woven with a checked design that shows on one side only
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calandria — a cylindrical vessel through which tubes pass, esp one forming part of an evaporator, heat exchanger, or nuclear reactor
- calavance — any of several varieties of pulse yielded by plants of the genus Dolichos
- calc-spar — calcite.
- calc-tufa — tufa (def 1).
- calc-tuff — Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like. Compare travertine.
- calcaneal — Anatomy. the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
- calcanean — Anatomy. the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- calcaneus — the largest tarsal bone, forming the heel in man