9-letter words containing c, a, s, e
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- barbecues — Plural form of barbecue.
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- base camp — an encampment that serves as a staging area for a larger activity, for example in mountaineering
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- basic dye — a dye soluble in acid and insoluble in basic solution, consisting mostly of amino or imino compounds of xanthene or triarylmethane: used mainly for inks, carbon paper, and typewriter ribbon.
- basicness — Quality or degree of being basic.
- bass clef — the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff
- beachside — situated near a beach
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- beefcakes — Plural form of beefcake.
- bescatter — to scatter or strew about
- best-case — being the best that can possibly be expected; optimal
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- black sea — an inland sea between SE Europe and Asia: connected to the Aegean Sea by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, and to the Sea of Azov by the Kerch Strait. Area: about 415 000 sq km (160 000 sq miles)
- blackness — Blackness is the state of being very dark.
- bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
- briefcase — A briefcase is a case used for carrying documents in.
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- busticate — to break
- c-spanner — a sickle-shaped spanner having a projection at the end of the curve, used for turning large narrow nuts that have an indentation into which the projection on the spanner fits
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cablecast — the transmission of a TV programme via a cable system
- cableways — Plural form of cableway.
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cacoethes — an uncontrollable urge or desire, esp for something harmful; mania
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- caesarean — of or relating to any of the Caesars, esp Julius Caesar
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- caesarism — an autocratic system of government
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- cagelings — Plural form of cageling.
- cageyness — the quality of being cagey
- caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
- cake shop — a shop that sells cakes
- cakeholes — Plural form of cakehole.
- cakewalks — Plural form of cakewalk.
- calaboose — a prison; jail