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9-letter words containing a, c, s

  • cassareep — the juice of the bitter cassava root, boiled down to a syrup and used as a flavouring, esp in West Indian cookery
  • cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
  • 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
  • cassowary — any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, inhabiting forests in NE Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, having a horny head crest, black plumage, and brightly coloured neck and wattles: order Casuariiformes
  • cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
  • cast back — to turn (the mind) to the past
  • 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.
  • castaways — Plural form of castaway.
  • 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.
  • castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
  • 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.
  • castrator — One who castrates (gelds or neuters).
  • castroism — the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
  • castroist — of or relating to the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
  • casualise — make (a regular employee) into a casual worker
  • casualism — the doctrine that the existence and occurrence of everything is controlled by chance
  • 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.
  • casuarina — any tree of the genus Casuarina, of Australia and the East Indies, having jointed leafless branchlets: family Casuarinaceae
  • casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
  • casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
  • cat's paw — a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.
  • 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
  • cat's-paw — a person used by another as a tool; dupe
  • catabasis — a descent or downward movement
  • cataclasm — a breaking down or disruption
  • cataclysm — A cataclysm is an event that causes great change or harm.
  • catacombs — an underground burial place, esp the galleries at Rome, consisting of tunnels with vaults or niches leading off them for tombs
  • catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
  • catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
  • catalysed — to act upon by catalysis.
  • catalyser — Alternative form of catalyzer.
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