12-letter words containing a, n, s
- cardinal sin — If you describe an action as a cardinal sin, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it.
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- carefreeness — without anxiety or worry.
- carelessness — not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
- carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
- carnivourous — Misspelling of carnivorous.
- carpet snake — a large nonvenomous Australian snake, Morelia variegata, having a carpetlike pattern on its back
- carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- cash account — an account with a brokerage which stipulates that the client pays in full for any transactions, rather than being extended credit
- cash advance — an amount of money borrowed as a short-term loan against a salary, credit card, etc
- cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
- cash in hand — a payment made directly in cash, rather than through a bank
- cash journal — cashbook.
- cash machine — ATM1
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- cash-in-lieu — Cash-in-lieu is payment of cash instead of stock when a stock splits or changes and the shareholder only owns a partial share.
- casing knife — a knife for trimming wallpaper after it has been attached.
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
- castigations — Plural form of castigation.
- casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
- cat standard — (in Britain) a standard accepted voluntarily by building societies relating to charges, access, etc, against which Individual Savings Accounts can be judged
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- causationist — a person who believes in the theory of universal causation
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- cavalierness — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- census taker — a person who gathers information for a census.
- census tract — a standard area in certain large American cities used by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for purposes of population enumeration.
- centenarians — Plural form of centenarian.
- center stage — If something or someone takes center stage, they become very important or noticeable.
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- central asia — a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It includes the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and parts of Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, and southwestern Siberia.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centre stage — If something or someone takes centre stage, they become very important or noticeable.
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- cerivastatin — A synthetic statin formerly used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease, later withdrawn due to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
- cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.