10-letter words containing a, c, s, e
- cheesecake — Cheesecake is a dessert that consists of a base made from broken biscuits covered with a soft sweet mixture containing cream cheese.
- chelonians — Plural form of chelonian.
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chemostats — Plural form of chemostat.
- chemotaxis — the movement of a microorganism or cell in response to a chemical stimulus
- cheongsams — Plural form of cheongsam.
- chesapeake — city in SE Va., at the base of Chesapeake Bay: pop. 199,000
- chessboard — A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.
- chest pass — a pass in which the ball is quickly propelled from the chest by the hands and arms.
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- chevesaile — a decorative collar on an article of clothing
- chevisance — an illegal arrangement or pact
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chickadees — Plural form of chickadee.
- chickarees — Plural form of chickaree.
- chieftains — Plural form of chieftain.
- child seat — a type of child restraint consisting of a seat with safety features
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- chimaerism — the insertion of cells of a different genetic make-up into a fetus or embryo
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chip-based — (of electronic equipment or components) using or incorporating microchips
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- chloralose — an anaesthetic and sedative composed of chloral and glucose, also used as a preparation to kill birds and rodents
- chocolates — Plural form of chocolate.
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chwang-tse — Chuang-tzu (def 1).
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- cicatrices — Plural form of cicatrix; scars.
- cicatrizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cicatrize.
- cigar case — a case of a suitable size and shape to hold cigars
- cigarettes — Plural form of cigarette.
- cinematics — the art of making motion pictures; cinematography.
- cinematise — (transitive) To adapt (an event or story) for the cinema.
- circensial — relating to the Roman circuses
- circulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate.
- cis female — a person who was born female and whose gender identity is female.
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- cistaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cistaceae, a family of shrubby or herbaceous plants that includes the rockroses
- cistercian — a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
- city-state — a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Among the most famous are the great independent cities of the ancient world, such as Athens, Sparta, Carthage, Thebes, Corinth, and Rome
- cityscapes — Plural form of cityscape.
- clairseach — an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.
- clam-shell — the shell of a clam.
- clamminess — covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp: clammy hands.
- clamshells — Plural form of clamshell.
- clap skate — a type of speed skate with a blade attached at the heel by a hinge, allowing the full length of the blade to remain on the ice for a longer time and increasing skating speed.
- clarksdale — a city in NW Mississippi.