9-letter words containing a, r, i, s, t
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- christmas — Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.
- cicatrise — (transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- citharist — a player of the cithara
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
- clarities — clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- crabbiest — Superlative form of crabby.
- crabstick — a stick, cane, or cudgel made of crab-apple wood
- craftiest — Superlative form of crafty.
- craggiest — Superlative form of craggy.
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crappiest — Superlative form of crappy.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- creamiest — Superlative form of creamy.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- crispated — Crispate.
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- criterias — (nonstandard, proscribed) Plural form of criteria.
- criticals — Plural form of critical.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- curialist — a member or supporter of the papal curia
- darwinist — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- demetrias — an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- derivates — Plural form of derivate.
- detailers — Plural form of detailer.
- detainers — Plural form of detainer.
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diaristic — stylistically like a diary
- diatribes — Plural form of diatribe.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dictators — Plural form of dictator.
- digastric — (of a muscle) having two bellies with an intermediate tendon.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dis pater — Dis.
- disasters — Plural form of disaster.
- disattire — (transitive) To undress.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- disnature — to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.