9-letter words containing a, c, n, t
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- caskstand — a frame on which a cask rests
- cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- 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.
- castellan — a keeper or governor of a castle
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
- cat-train — a train of sleds, cabooses, etc, pulled by a caterpillar tractor, used chiefly in the north during winter to transport freight
- catalonia — a region of NE Spain, with a strong separatist tradition: became an autonomous region with its own parliament in 1979; an important agricultural and industrial region, with many resorts. Pop: 7 012 600 (2003 est). Area: 31 929 sq km (12 328 sq miles)
- catamaran — A catamaran is a sailing boat with two parallel hulls that are held in place by a single deck.
- catamenia — menstrual discharge; menstruation
- catamount — any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
- catanzaro — a city in S Italy, in Calabria. Pop: 95 251 (2001)
- cataplane — an aircraft designed to be launched by a catapult.
- catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
- catatonic — If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs.
- catchline — a slogan, esp one used in a political or advertising campaign
- catchment — In geography, catchment is the process of collecting water, in particular the process of water flowing from the ground and collecting in a river. Catchment is also the water that is collected in this way.
- catenated — Connected in a chain or series.
- catenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catenate.
- catfacing — a disorder that causes scarring of tomatoes
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- catherine — Saint. died 307 ad, legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded
- cathinone — (organic compound) The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone that is the active ingredient of khat.
- catkinate — like a catkin
- catnapped — Simple past tense and past participle of catnap.
- catnapper — a person who catnaps
- cattiness — catlike; feline.
- cattleman — A cattleman is a man who looks after or owns cattle, especially in North America or Australia.
- cattlemen — Plural form of cattleman.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cauterant — caustic; cauterizing
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cavatinas — Plural form of cavatina.
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- celebrant — A celebrant is a person who performs or takes part in a religious ceremony.
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- centaurea — any of a genus (Centaurea) of annual and perennial plants of the composite family, having egg-shaped flower heads, including the star thistles and the bachelor's buttons
- centauric — characterized by an integration of mind and body for consciousness above the ego-self
- centaurus — a conspicuous extensive constellation in the S hemisphere, close to the Southern Cross, that contains two first magnitude stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, and the globular cluster Omega Centauri
- centenary — The centenary of an event such as someone's birth is the 100th anniversary of that event.