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 More Definitions → |
ascending | 1. the act of changing location in an upward direction 2. moving or going or growing upward More Definitions → |
innocence | 1. the quality of innocent naivete 2. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil More Definitions → |
centrally | 1. in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function More Definitions → |
ascension | 1. a movement upward; rise above the ground 2. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon More Definitions → |
transcend | 1. be greater in scope or size than some standard 2. be superior or better than some standard More Definitions → |
eccentric | 1. a person with an unusual or odd personality 2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) More Definitions → |
centenary | 1. of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years 2. the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) More Definitions → |
centurion | 1. (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers More Definitions → |
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) More Definitions → |
mercenary | 1. a person hired to fight for another country than their own 2. marked by materialism More Definitions → |
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 More Definitions → |
obscenity | 1. the trait of behaving in an obscene manner 2. an offensive or indecent word or phrase More Definitions → |
crescendo | 1. (music) a gradual increase in loudness 2. (music) gradually increasing in volume More Definitions → |
placental | 1. mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials 2. pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta More Definitions → |
epicenter | 1. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake More Definitions → |
adjacency | 1. the attribute of being so near as to be touching More Definitions → |
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 More Definitions → |
quiescent | 1. not active or activated 2. marked by a state of tranquil repose More Definitions → |
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 More Definitions → |
indecency | 1. the quality of being indecent 2. an indecent or improper act More Definitions → |
jobcentre | 1. a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered More Definitions → |
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 More Definitions → |
epicentre | 1. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake More Definitions → |
reticence | 1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary More Definitions → |