9-letter words containing a, c, e
- carve out — to make or create (a career)
- carve-out — to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
- carveries — Plural form of carvery.
- caryopses — Plural form of caryopsis.
- casadesus — Robert [rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1899–1972, French pianist and composer.
- case card — case2 (def 10).
- case file — a file kept on a person who is involved in a medical, legal, or social work investigation
- case shot — a quantity of small projectiles enclosed in a single case, as a shrapnel shell, for firing from a gun
- case-work — the work of investigation, advice, supervision, etc., by social workers or the like, in cases handled by them.
- caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
- casebooks — Plural form of casebook.
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- caseinate — a salt of casein
- caseloads — Plural form of caseload.
- casemaker — a machine that produces the stiff covers for hardback books
- casemates — Plural form of casemate.
- casements — Plural form of casement.
- caseworms — Plural form of caseworm.
- cash desk — A cash desk is a place in a large shop where you pay for the things you want to buy.
- cash sale — a transaction that specifies that securities must be delivered to the buyer on the day that the purchase is made
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- cashiered — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cashierer — a person who rejects or dismisses from office
- cassander — c354-297 b.c, king of Macedonia 301-297 (son of Antipater).
- cassareep — the juice of the bitter cassava root, boiled down to a syrup and used as a flavouring, esp in West Indian cookery
- casserole — A casserole is a dish made of meat and vegetables that have been cooked slowly in a liquid.
- cassettes — Plural form of cassette.
- cassimere — a woollen suiting cloth of plain or twill weave
- cassingle — a cassette single
- cassonade — raw or unrefined sugar
- cassoulet — a stew originating from France, made from haricot beans and goose, duck, pork, etc
- castaneda — Carlos, 1925–1998, U.S. anthropologist and writer, born in Peru.
- castanets — Castanets are a Spanish musical instrument consisting of two small round pieces of wood or plastic held together by a cord. You hold the castanets in your hand and knock the pieces together with your fingers.
- casteless — having no caste
- castellan — a keeper or governor of a castle
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- castrated — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- castrater — a person who castrates
- castrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of castrate.
- casualise — make (a regular employee) into a casual worker
- casualize — If a business casualizes its employees or casualizes their labour, it replaces employees with permanent contracts and full rights with employees with temporary contracts and few rights.
- cat brier — greenbrier, esp. the vine (Smilax glauca)
- cat's-ear — any of various European plants of the genus Hypochoeris, esp H. radicata, having dandelion-like heads of yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cat's-eye — any of a group of gemstones, esp a greenish-yellow variety of chrysoberyl, that reflect a streak of light when cut in a rounded unfaceted shape
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances