11-letter words containing a, n, c, s, t
- carillonist — a carillonneur
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- carson city — a city in W Nevada, capital of the state. Pop: 55 311 (2003 est)
- cartoonists — Plural form of cartoonist.
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
- castanetist — One who plays the castanet.
- castellanos — Julio [hoo-lyaw] /ˈhu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–47, Mexican painter.
- castellanus — (of a cloud) having small turrets.
- castigating — Present participle of castigate.
- castigation — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
- casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
- castor bean — the seed of this plant
- castrations — Plural form of castration.
- cat scanner — a specialized x-ray instrument that displays computerized cross-sectional images of the body, providing a noninvasive means of visualizing the brain, lungs, liver, spleen, and other soft tissue.
- catagenesis — the retrogressive evolution of a species. Compare anagenesis (def 1).
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
- catch basin — a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechumens — Plural form of catechumen.
- catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- cattishness — The property of being cattish.
- causational — the action of causing or producing.
- causticness — The state or quality of being caustic.
- cenancestor — The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
- cenesthesia — the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well-being or illness
- census data — the data generated by an official census
- centenaries — Plural form of centenary.
- centennials — Plural form of centennial.
- centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centralise.
- centralists — a centralizing system; centralization.
- centralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centralize.
- centre pass — a push or hit made in any direction to start the game or to restart the game after a goal has been scored
- centrosomal — Of or pertaining to a centrosome or centrosomes.
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- certainties — Plural form of certainty.
- chain store — A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- chansonette — a little song
- chaoticness — The state or quality of being chaotic.
- charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- chastenment — the process of chastening
- chatelaines — Plural form of chatelaine.