9-letter words containing a, c, s
- commensal — (of two different species of plant or animal) living in close association, such that one species benefits without harming the other
- commissar — an official of the Communist Party responsible for political education, esp in a military unit
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- companies — Plural form of company.
- company's — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- compassed — Simple past tense and past participle of compass.
- compasses — Plural form of compass.
- complains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain.
- compleats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compleat.
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- conations — Plural form of conation.
- conclaves — A private meeting.
- conestoga — a large, heavy, broad-wheeled covered wagon, used especially for transporting pioneers and freight across North America during the early westward migration.
- conflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflate.
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- consolate — to console (a person)
- consonant — A consonant is a sound such as 'p', 'f', 'n', or 't' which you pronounce by stopping the air flowing freely through your mouth. Compare vowel.
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- constable — In Britain and some other countries, a constable is a police officer of the lowest rank.
- constance — a city in S Germany, in Baden-Württemberg on Lake Constance: tourist centre. Pop: 80 716 (2003 est)
- constancy — Constancy is the quality of staying the same even though other things change.
- constanta — a port and resort in SE Romania, on the Black Sea: founded by the Greeks in the 6th century bc and rebuilt by Constantine the Great (4th century); exports petroleum. Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- constants — Plural form of constant.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- construal — an act of construing
- consulage — a duty paid by merchants for a consul's protection of their goods while abroad
- consulate — A consulate is the place where a consul works.
- consumate — Misspelling of consummate.
- contangos — Plural form of contango.
- contessas — Plural form of contessa.
- contracts — Plural form of contract.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- contrasts — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- cookshack — a makeshift building in which food is cooked
- coolamons — Plural form of coolamon.
- coolibahs — Plural form of coolibah.
- copasetic — fine; completely satisfactory; OK.
- copulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copulate.
- copypasta — (Internet slang) A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else.
- coral sea — the SW arm of the Pacific, between Australia, New Guinea, and Vanuatu
- cordgrass — a coarse perennial grass of the genus Spartina, characteristically growing in mud or marsh
- corn laws — the laws introduced in Britain in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846
- cornballs — Plural form of cornball.
- cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
- cornstalk — a stalk or stem of corn
- coronachs — Plural form of coronach.
- coroplast — A manufacturer of terracotta figurines (in Ancient Greece).
- corporals — Plural form of corporal.
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire