9-Letter Words Starting with C
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caecilian (13 points)
""Any of various legless, burrowing, wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona, of tropical regions.""
C·3+A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
carnelian (11 points)
Did Inca learn of this gem (wordplay)
Red cross member (wordplay)
Variety of quartz
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
castellan (11 points)
Governor of a fortress
Warden in a medieval stronghold.
For one running keep tin of beer (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cattleman (13 points)
Neat fellow on the ranch (wordplay)
Ben Cartwright, for one
Shepherd's nemesis, in many oaters
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cattlemen (13 points)
Characters in "Old Arizona."
The sound of their work may be heard
Prime factors in the meat situation.
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
celloidin (12 points)
A pure form of pyroxylin in which specimens for microscopic examination are embedded.
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
chalcogen (17 points)
""(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table [from chalco ( pyrite ) + -gen ]""
C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
chameleon (16 points)
Lizard hard for animal to eat (wild one)
Quick change artist (wordplay)
Lizard able to change its skin colour
C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
charlatan (14 points)
Flamboyant deceiver, mountebank
Quack, fraud, a flamboyant deceiver
Cleaner's mostly slow, and an imposter
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
chilblain (16 points)
A chap on foot (wordplay)
Painful swelling brought on by cold
Painful swelling in winter
C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cisplatin (13 points)
""A platinum-containing chemotherapeutic drug, Cl 2 H 6 N 2 Pt, used in the treatment of metastatic ovarian or testicular cancers and advanced bladder cancer.""
C·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 19 pts
clergyman (17 points)
Is he in a service industry (wordplay)
My clanger about the vicar (wordplay)
Person of the cloth
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
clergymen (17 points)
Cloth workers (wordplay)
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Spiritual leaders of a Christian Church
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
closedown (15 points)
Shut completely, perhaps a business
Near to getting depressed? Gets wind up!
Secretive and depressed, stop operating
C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
coalition (11 points)
Alliance to adopt fossil fuel, perhaps
The alliance of carbonisation, perhaps
Group of allies
C·3+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
colcannon (13 points)
Irish cabbage, potato dish
Pass priest eating Northern Irish food
Cabbage mashed with potatoes
C·3+O·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
collegian (12 points)
Student pass many picked up
Fisk attendee, for example
Student makes Colorado member confront Scotsman
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
collodion (12 points)
""A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a containing for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cornelian (11 points)
Banal piece by essayist? It's a gem
Dull red stone; lone cairn (anagram)
July birthstone
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
cyclotron (16 points)
Physicist's accelerator
Particle-accelerating machine
Apparatus accelerating particles
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
cytolysin (17 points)
""A substance, such as an antibody, capable of dissolving or destroying cells.""
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
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