9-Letter Words Starting with C: page 3

All 1,037 nine-letter words that start with C: page 3 of 3

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• cornetist11n. Someone who plays the cornet.
• cornfield15n. A field of corn: maize, wheat, or other cereal crop.
• cornflake18n. A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.
• cornflour14n. A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as...
• cornichon16n. A dill-pickled gherkin cucumber.
• cornicing14n. Cornices collectively.
• cornified15adj. Converted into horn; horny.
• corniness11n. The state or condition of being corny.
• cornstalk15n. The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for...
• corollary14n. A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.
• coronated12adj. Coronate.
• coroutine11n. A piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input...
• corporate13adj. Of or relating to an institution; institutional.
• corporeal13adj. Material; tangible; physical.
• corpulent13adj. Large in body; fat; overweight.
• corpuscle15n. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
• correctly16adv. In a correct manner.
• corrector13n. One who corrects.
• correlate11v. To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding...
• corroding13n. Corrosion.
• corrosion11n. The act of corroding or the condition so produced.
• corrosive14adj. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or...
• corrupted14adj. Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
• corrupter13n. One who or that which corrupts.
• corruptly16adv. In a corrupt manner.
• cortisone11n. A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced...
• coruscant13adj. Emitting flashes of light; glittering.
• corydalis15n. Any member of the genus Corydalis of annual and perennial herbaceous...
• corydoras15n. Any of the genus Corydoras of small freshwater tropical catfish often...
• corypheus19n. The conductor or leader of the dramatic chorus in Ancient Greece.
• cosmetics15n. Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of...
• cosmogony17n. The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe...
• cosmoline13n. A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of...
• cosmology17n. The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and...
• cosmonaut13n. An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.
• cosplayer16n. One who takes part in cosplay.
• cosponsor13n. A joint sponsor.
• cosseting12n. The act by which somebody is cosseted or pampered.
• costumier13n. A person who supplies or designs costumes.
• costuming14n. Material for making costumes.
• cotangent12n. In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle....
• cotillion11n. A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts...
• cottaging13n. Sexual activity in a public lavatory, especially homosexual activity...
• cotyledon15n. Each of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of...
• couchette16n. A compartment on a passenger train having berths for sleeping.
• coulombic17adj. Electric.
• counselor11n. A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.
• countable13adj. Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
• countably16adv. In a countable manner; in a way that can be counted.
• countback19n. A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the...
• countdown15n. A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially...
• countless11det. A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
• coupledom16n. The world or sphere of romantic couples.
• couponing14n. The use or distribution of money-saving coupons.
• courgette12n. A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
• courteous11adj. Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good...
• courtesan11n. A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
• courtroom13n. The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes...
• courtship16n. The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or...
• courtside12adv. Alongside the court of play.
• courtyard15n. An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or...
• couturier11n. A person who designs haute couture (high fashion).
• covariant14adj. Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which...
• covariate14n. A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
• coveralls14n. A coverall.
• coverslip16n. A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
• coverture14n. Concealing cover, disguise, veil; (also figurative).
• covetable16adj. Which may be coveted.
• cowabunga17interj. Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy.
• cowardice17n. Lack of courage.
• coworking19n. The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by...
• coxsackie24n. Any of several viruses of the genus Enterovirus similar to poliovirus.

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• crabapple17n. Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally...
• crabeater13n. A cobia or sergeant fish (Rachycentron canadum).
• crabgrass14n. Those members of the genus Digitaria, grasses of tropical to temperate...
• crackable19adj. Able to be cracked or fractured.
• crackdown21n. Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.
• crackling18n. Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens.
• cracksman19n. A burglar or safebreaker.
• craftable16adj. Able to be crafted.
• craftsman16n. One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
• craftwork21n. Handicraft.
• cranberry16n. A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus...
• crankbait17n. A kind of fishing lure.
• crankcase17n. The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
• crapshoot16n. A game of craps.
• crassness11n. The state of being crass.
• crataegus12n. Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
• cratering12n. The creation of a crater on a surface.
• crawdaddy20n. Crayfish.
• craziness20n. The state of being crazy; madness; derangement.
• creamware16n. Cream-coloured earthenware produced chiefly from 1750 to 1820 by the...
• crediting13n. The act of making a credit in accounting.
• credulity15n. A willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of...
• credulous12adj. Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
• creekside16adj. Beside a creek.
• creepshot16n. A surreptitiously taken photograph of a person (usually a woman)...
• cremaster13n. A thin muscle attached to the testicles.
• cremation13n. A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead...
• crematory16adj. Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies.
• crenulate11adj. Minutely crenate or scalloped.
• crescendo14n. An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow...
• crestline11n. A line of dune crests.
• cretinism13n. A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the...
• crevassed15adj. Having a crevasse or crevasses.
• cricketer17n. A person who plays cricket.
• crimewave19n. A large increased incidence of crimes within a relatively short period...
• crinkling16n. The act or sound or something being crinkled.
• crinoline11n. A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair.
• crippling16adj. That cripples or incapacitates.
• crispness13n. The state of being crisp.
• criterion11n. A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people...
• criterium13n. A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed...
• criticism15n. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed.
• criticize22v. To find fault (with something).
• crocheted17adj. Made with crochet (needlework made by looping thread with a hooked...
• crocheter16n. One who crochets.
• crocketed18adj. Having a crocket.
• crocodile14n. Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae...
• crocosmia15n. Any of many plants in the genus Crocosmia.
• croissant11n. A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
• crookback23n. A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback.
• crookedly19adv. In a crooked manner.
• croplands14n. Cropland.
• croquette20n. A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried...
• crorepati13n. Someone whose net worth is greater than one crore (ten million) rupees...
• crossback19n. Two pieces on the back of an item (for attaching or bracing it) which...
• crossbeam15n. A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary...
• crossbill13n. Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at...
• crossbite13n. An occlusal irregularity where a tooth (or teeth) has a more buccal or...
• crossbody17n. A move in which a wrestler jumps onto his opponent and lands...
• crossbred14adj. Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
• crossette11n. A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window.
• crossface16n. A move that pushes the opponent's face away with the shoulder.
• crossfade15n. A fade in which the volume of one audio track is lowered as that of...
• crossfire14n. An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at...
• crossflow17n. A crosswise flow.
• crosshair14n. Alternate form of crosshairs; a reticle in the shape of a pair of...
• crosshead15n. A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine.
• crossness11n. The state of being cross; mild anger.
• crossover14n. A place where one thing crosses over another.
• crossplay16n. The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a...
• crosspost13n. An instance of crossposting, or the post thus created.
• crossrail11n. A rail that goes across something.
• crossroad12n. A crossroads (place where one road crosses another).
• crosstalk15n. Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired...
• crosstown14adj. Extending across a city or town.
• crosswalk18n. A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
• crossways17adv. Transversely; crosswise.
• crosswind15n. A wind blowing across a line of travel, especially perpendicularly.
• crosswire14n. Crosshair; reticle.
• crosswise14adj. Crossing; lying across.
• crossword15n. A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually...
• crotchety19adj. Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or...
• crouching17n. The action of the verb crouch.
• crowberry19n. Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible...
• crowdfund19v. To fund (a project) by having many individuals pool their money...
• crownless14adj. Without a crown.
• crucially16adv. In a crucial manner.
• crucified17adj. That has been subject to crucifixion.
• cruciform18adj. Having the shape of a cross.
• crudeness12n. The state of being crude.
• cruelness11n. The state of being cruel; cruelty.
• crumbling16adj. That crumbles; that breaks into small pieces or particles.
• crumpling16n. The act by which something crumples.
• crunching17n. A crunch noise.
• crushable16adj. That can be crushed.
• crustacea13n. Crustaceans.
• crustless11adj. Having no crust.
• cryogenic17adj. Of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.
• cryosleep16n. A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature...

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• cuadrilla12n. The team which supports the matador.
• cubbyhole21n. A small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy, or a safe...
• cubiculum17n. A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found...
• cucaracha18n. A Mexican ballroom and nightclub dance.
• cuckoldry21n. An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
• cuckquean26n. A woman who has an unfaithful partner; (now often specifically), a...
• culminate13v. Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest...
• cultivate14v. To grow plants, notably crops.
• culturing12n. An act or an instance of growing or maintaining a culture (especially...
• culturist11n. One who raises or cultures something; a cultivator.
• cuneiform16adj. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
• cuniculus13n. A burrow or low underground passage, such as a rabbit warren, mine, or...
• cunningly15adv. With cunning, cleverly.
• cupbearer15n. One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is...
• cupholder17n. A holder for a cup containing a drink, usually in a vehicle.
• curandera12n. A specifically female curandero, or traditional Central American healer.
• curandero12n. A traditional Central American healer.
• curettage12n. The removal of unwanted tissue from a body cavity using a curette.
• curiosity14n. Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking...
• curiously14adv. In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.
• currawong15n. Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly...
• currently14adv. At this moment, at present, now.
• cursorial11adj. Adapted for running.
• cursorily14adv. In a cursory manner.
• curtained12adj. Covered or partitioned with a curtain or curtains.
• curtilage12n. A small piece of land, such as a garth or yard with the buildings and...
• curtsying15n. The act of dropping a curtsy.
• curvature14n. The shape of something curved.
• curveball16n. A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down...
• cushioned15adj. Furnished with a cushion or cushions; padded.
• custodial12adj. Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding.
• custodian12n. A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a...
• customary16adj. In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.
• customize22v. To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.
• cutaneous11adj. Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin...
• cuticular13adj. Of, pertaining to, or being a cuticle (skin next to a nail).
• cutthroat14n. A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
• cuttingly15adv. In a cutting manner.
• cuttyhunk21n. A fishing line made from linen threads twisted together.

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• cyanamide17n. A chemical compound, NH₂CN; a white crystalline solid, soluble in...
• cyanotype19n. An early photographic process employing paper sensitized with a cyanide.
• cyberlife19n. Life in cyberspace or on the Internet, as opposed to real life, often...
• cyberpunk22n. A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information...
• cyberware19n. Hardware (or software) implanted in the body that interfaces with the...
• cyclamate18n. Any salt or ester of cyclamic acid, especially the sodium and calcium...
• cyclicity21n. The state of recurring at regular intervals; of being cyclic.
• cyclizine25n. An antiemetic drug used especially in the form of its hydrochloride...
• cycloidal17adj. Pertaining to or resembling a cycloid, or a circle.
• cyclopean18adj. Suggestive of a cyclops.
• cyclorama18n. A panoramic image displayed on the inside of a cylindrical canvas.
• cyclotron16n. An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated...
• cylindric17adj. Of or relating to cylinders; shaped like a cylinder.
• cymbidium21n. Any orchid of the genus Cymbidium.
• cynically19adv. In a cynical manner.
• cypionate16n. Any salt or ester of cypionic acid.
• cysteinyl17adj. Of, pertaining to, or derived from the amino acid cysteine.
• cystocele16n. Hernial intrusion of the bladder into the vagina, resulting from...
• cytokinin18n. Any of a class of plant hormones involved in cell growth and division.
• cytologic17adj. Of or relating to cytology.
• cytolytic19adj. Of or pertaining to cytolysis.
• cytometer16n. A graduated microscope slide or similar small vessel used for counting...
• cytometry19n. The measurement or the counting and classification of cells.
• cytoplasm18n. The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol...
• cytosolic16adj. Of or pertaining to the cytosol.
• cytotoxic23adj. Of, relating to, or being a cytotoxin.
• cytotoxin21n. Any substance having a specific toxic effect on certain cells.

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