9 Letter Words for Cancerous
cancerous
8 Letter Words for Cancerous
accensor, carneous, conacres, concause, consacre, nacreous, uncoarse, unscarce
7 Letter Words for Cancerous
accrues, accurse, accuser, accusor, acerous, arenous, asconce, cancers, carnose, carnous, carouse, coarsen, cocause, conacre, concurs, conures, corance, corneas, croceus, earcons, nacrous, narcose, narcous, occurse, oceanus, rounces, scarcen, sconcer, sorance, surance
6 Letter Words for Cancerous
accrue, accuse, acorns, acorus, acrons, acrose, anoure, arccos, arcose, arouse, arseno, cancer, caners, canoes, carone, carson, casern, causen, causer, causon, censor, cercus, cerous, coarse, concur, conure, cornea, cornua, cornus, corsac, coures, course, crance, cranes, crenas, crocus, crones, cronus, crosne, crouse, cruces, cuecas, curace, curcas, cursen, earcon, escroc, nacres, narcos, occurs, oceans, oncers, ounces, racons, rances, reason, reccos, recons, rescan, roccus, rosace, roseau, rouens, rounce, saucer, scance, scarce, sconce, scorce, senora, seuora, soccer, soucar, source, souren, succor, uncase, uncore, unesco, unsore, urenas, ursone, usance, usaron
5 Letter Words for Cancerous
accur, accus, acers, acnes, acone, acorn, acres, acron, aeron, ancor, ancre, anour, anser, arces, arcus, arose, arson, ascon, aunes, aures, cacur, caner, canes, canoe, canos, canso, cares, carne, carns, carse, carus, casco, caser, cauon, cause, ceras, ceros, cesar, cocas, cocus, coner, cones, conus, coran, cores, corns, cornu, corse, cosec, cosen, couac, coure, cours, crane, crans, crcao, crena, cresc, crocs, crone, crosa, crose, cruce, crues, cruse, cueca, cunea, curas, cures, curns, curse, cusec, earns, ecrus, eruca, escar, euros, nacre, narco, narcs, nares, nears, necro, norse, noser, nurse, occas, occur, ocean, ocrea, oncer, onces, oncus, oners, orans, orcas, orcus, ornes, oscan, oscar, ounce, races, racon, rance, rasen, rason, rauns, reans, recco, recon, resun, roans, rones, rouen, roues, rouse, runes, sacre, sacro, saner, saone, saron, sauce, scare, scarn, scaur, scena, scone, score, scorn, scour, scrae, scran, secco, secno, senor, seora, serac, serau, seron, snare, snore, soare, sonar, sonce, souce, sucre, unare, unces, uncos, uraos, urase, ureas, urena, urnae, ursae, urson, usnea
4 Letter Words for Cancerous
acce, acer, aces, acne, acor, acre, acus, aero, ance, anes, anre, ansu, anus, arco, arcs, aren, ares, arno, asor, aune, cace, canc, cane, cans, caon, care, carn, cars, case, caus, ceas, ceca, cens, cera, cern, cero, coca, coes, conc, cone, cons, cora, core, corn, cors, cose, coua, coue, cour, cran, cres, croc, crue, crus, cuca, cues, cuon, cura, cure, curn, curs, eans, earn, ears, eaus, ecco, econ, ecru, ecus, eoan, eons, eras, erns, eros, eruc, esau, esca, euro, nace, naos, narc, nare, naso, naur, near, noes, nore, nose, nous, nsec, nurs, oars, ocas, onca, once, oner, ones, onus, orae, oran, oras, orca, orcs, ores, orna, osar, ourn, ours, race, rane, raun, rean, recs, reno, roan, rocs, roes, rone, rosa, rose, roua, roue, roun, rous, rucs, ruen, rues, rune, runs, rusa, ruse, saco, sane, sare, saur, scan, scar, scun, scur, sean, sear, seco, sena, seor, sero, snar, snur, soar, soca, soce, sone, sora, sore, sorn, sour, srac, suer, sune, sura, sure, unca, unce, unco, uncs, uran, urao, urea, ures, urna, urns, ursa, usar, user
3 Letter Words for Cancerous
acc, ace, aer, aes, anc, ane, ans, anu, aor, arc, are, arn, ars, aru, ase, can, car, cen, ceo, cer, cns, con, cor, cos, crc, cro, crs, cru, csc, cue, cun, cur, ean, ear, eas, eau, ecc, eco, ecu, enc, ens, eon, eos, era, ern, ers, esc, esr, esu, nae, nar, nas, nco, nea, neo, noa, nor, nos, nur, nus, oar, oas, oca, oer, oes, ona, one, ons, ora, orc, ore, ors, ose, our, ous, ran, ras, rea, rec, res, rna, roc, roe, ron, ros, ruc, rue, run, sac, san, sao, sar, sau, scr, sea, sec, sen, ser, soc, son, sou, sue, sun, sur, uca, una, unc, uns, ura, ure, urn, urs, usa, use
Definitions for Cancerous
[1] Pathology . a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites. any disease characterized by such growths.
[2] any evil condition or thing that spreads destructively; blight.
[3] genitive Can·cri [kang -kree] /ˈkæŋ kri/ . (initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the Crab, a zodiacal constellation between Gemini and Leo.
[4] (initial capital letter ) Astrology . the fourth sign of the zodiac: the cardinal water sign. a person born under this sign, usually between June 21 and July 22.
[5] (initial capital letter ) tropic of. See under tropic(def 1a) .
[6] any type of malignant growth or tumour, caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division: it may spread through the lymphatic system or blood stream to other parts of the body
[7] the condition resulting from this
[8] an evil influence that spreads dangerously
[9] astronomy a small faint zodiacal constellation in the N hemisphere, lying between Gemini and Leo on the ecliptic and containing the star cluster Praesepe
[10] astrology Also called: the Crab the fourth sign of the zodiac, symbol ♋, having a cardinal water classification and ruled by the moon. The sun is in this sign between about June 21 and July 22 Also called: Moonchild a person born during a period when the sun is in this sign
[11] tropic of Cancer See tropic (def. 1)
[12] astrology born under or characteristic of Cancer
Words related to Cancerous
cancercarcinogenic, destructive, harmful, mortal
Words nearby Cancerous
cancercancellation law, cancellous, cancellous bone, cancellous tissue, cancellus, cancer, cancer cluster, cancer family, cancer gene, cancer stick, cancer á deux
Origin of Cancerous
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: literally, crab; Latin stem cancr-, dissimilated from *carcr-, with *carc-r- akin to Greek karkínos, Sanskrit karkata crab; see canker
Other words from Cancerous
can·cer·ous , adjective
can·cered , adjective
can·cer·ous·ly , adverb
can·cer·ous·ness , noun
non·can·cer·ous , adjective
un·can·cer·ous , adjective
Related prefix: carcino-
can′ cer•ous (kăn′ sər-əs ) adj.
Word origin for Cancerous
C14: from Latin: crab, a creeping tumour; related to Greek karkinos crab, Sanskrit karkata
Synonyms for Cancerous
carcinogenic, destructive, harmful, mortal
