8-letter words containing a, c, s, e
- casement — A casement or a casement window is a window that opens by means of hinges, usually at the side.
- casevacs — Plural form of casevac.
- casework — Casework is social work that involves actually dealing or working with the people who need help.
- caseworm — any of various insect larvae that build protective cases about their bodies
- cashable — Able to be converted into cash.
- cashiers — Plural form of cashier.
- cashless — Cashless payments are made using cards or electronic methods rather than physical money.
- cashmere — Cashmere is a kind of very fine, soft wool.
- casimere — cassimere
- cassette — A cassette is a small, flat, rectangular plastic case containing magnetic tape which is used for recording and playing back sound or film.
- cassiope — (sometimes initial capital letter) any evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Cassiope, of the heath family, having nodding white or pinkish solitary flowers and scalelike or needlelike leaves.
- cassirer — Ernst (ɛrnst). 1874–1945, German neo-Kantian philosopher. The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (1923–29) analyses the symbols that underlie all manifestations, including myths and language, of human culture
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- castanet — either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
- casteism — the belief in, and adherence to, the caste system
- castered — a person or thing that casts.
- castrate — To castrate a male animal or a man means to remove his testicles.
- castries — the capital and chief port of St Lucia. Pop: 14 000 (2005 est)
- catalase — an enzyme that catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
- catalyse — If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catchers — Plural form of catcher.
- caterans — Plural form of cateran.
- caterers — Plural form of caterer.
- cateress — a female caterer
- catheads — Plural form of cathead.
- cathects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cathect.
- cathetus — a straight line or radius positioned perpendicular to another line or radius
- cathexes — Plural form of cathexis.
- cathexis — concentration of psychic energy on a single goal
- cathodes — Plural form of cathode.
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- cattiest — catlike; feline.
- caucused — U.S. Politics. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy. (often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
- caucuses — U.S. Politics. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy. (often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
- causable — that can be caused
- causerie — an informal talk or conversational piece of writing
- causeuse — an upholstered settee for two persons.
- causeway — A causeway is a raised path or road that crosses water or wet land.
- cavefish — any of various small freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the genera Amblyopsis, Chologaster, etc, living in subterranean and other waters in S North America
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- cavities — Plural form of cavity.
- cedillas — Plural form of cedilla.
- celestas — Plural form of celesta.
- cell sap — the watery fluid within the central vacuole of a plant cell.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- cephalus — the husband of Procris.
- ceramics — the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc
- ceramist — a person who works in ceramics; ceramic artist