8-letter words containing a, s, c
- cast-off — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- castalia — a spring on Mount Parnassus: in ancient Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses and believed to be a source of inspiration
- castanet — either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
- castaway — A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
- casteism — the belief in, and adherence to, the caste system
- castered — a person or thing that casts.
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- castilla — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1797–1867, Peruvian general and statesman: president of Peru 1845–51 and 1855–62.
- castillo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- castings — Plural form of casting.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- castizos — Plural form of castizo.
- castling — the act of moving the king two squares laterally on the first rank and placing the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side or the queen's side
- castoffs — Plural form of castoff.
- castrate — To castrate a male animal or a man means to remove his testicles.
- castrati — a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- castrato — (in 17th- and 18th-century opera) a male singer whose testicles were removed before puberty, allowing the retention of a soprano or alto voice
- castries — the capital and chief port of St Lucia. Pop: 14 000 (2005 est)
- casually — happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting.
- casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- casuists — Plural form of casuist.
- cat scan — CT scan
- cat suit — a jumpsuit.
- catalase — an enzyme that catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
- catalogs — Plural form of catalog.
- catalpas — Plural form of catalpa.
- catalyse — If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catalyst — You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.
- catbirds — Plural form of catbird.
- catboats — Plural form of catboat.
- catcalls — Plural form of catcall.
- catchers — Plural form of catcher.
- caterans — Plural form of cateran.
- caterers — Plural form of caterer.
- cateress — a female caterer
- catheads — Plural form of cathead.
- cathects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cathect.
- cathetus — a straight line or radius positioned perpendicular to another line or radius
- cathexes — Plural form of cathexis.
- cathexis — concentration of psychic energy on a single goal
- cathisma — a short hymn used as a response
- cathodes — Plural form of cathode.
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- catstick — a broomstick or other stick used as a bat, especially in playing tipcat.
- catsuits — Plural form of catsuit.
- cattails — Plural form of cattail.
- cattalos — Plural form of cattalo.