9-letter words containing c, a, s
- blackfish — a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
- blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
- blackness — Blackness is the state of being very dark.
- blackwash — to present (someone or something) in the worst possible light
- 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.
- bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- bookstack — Usually, bookstacks. stack (def 4).
- bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
- boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- brainsick — relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad
- 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.
- broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- brushback — a pitch that narrowly misses the batter
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buckstays — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- bushwhack — to ambush
- busticate — to break
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- 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
- cab stand — A cab stand is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example, at an airport or outside a station.
- cabassous — Plural form of cabassou.
- cabbalism — cabala.
- cabbalist — cabala.
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cablecast — the transmission of a TV programme via a cable system
- cableways — Plural form of cableway.
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.
- cabstands — Plural form of cabstand.
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- caciquism — (esp in Spanish America) government by local political bosses
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cacoethes — an uncontrollable urge or desire, esp for something harmful; mania
- cadastral — Surveying. (of a map or survey) showing or including boundaries, property lines, etc.
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- 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.