9-Letter Words Containing CEN

Here's the list of all the 196 9-Letter Words Containing CEN in the English Language.

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incentive
1. a positive motivational influence
2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
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ascending
1. the act of changing location in an upward direction
2. moving or going or growing upward
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innocence
1. the quality of innocent naivete
2. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
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centrally
1. in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function
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ascension
1. a movement upward; rise above the ground
2. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
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transcend
1. be greater in scope or size than some standard
2. be superior or better than some standard
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eccentric
1. a person with an unusual or odd personality
2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
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centenary
1. of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
2. the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
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centurion
1. (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
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ascendant
1. position or state of being dominant or in control
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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mercenary
1. a person hired to fight for another country than their own
2. marked by materialism
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centering
1. the concentration of attention or energy on something
2. (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
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obscenity
1. the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
2. an offensive or indecent word or phrase
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crescendo
1. (music) a gradual increase in loudness
2. (music) gradually increasing in volume
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placental
1. mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
2. pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta
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epicenter
1. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
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adjacency
1. the attribute of being so near as to be touching
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censoring
1. counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
2. deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
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quiescent
1. not active or activated
2. marked by a state of tranquil repose
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pubescent
1. (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature
2. covered with fine soft hairs or down
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indecency
1. the quality of being indecent
2. an indecent or improper act
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jobcentre
1. a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered
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centipede
1. chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
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epicentre
1. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
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reticence
1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
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9-Letter Words Containing CEN