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10-letter words containing c, a, t, s

  • cast steel — steel containing varying amounts of carbon, manganese, phosphorus, silicon, and sulphur that is cast into shape rather than wrought
  • cast stone — a building component, such as a block or lintel, made from cast concrete with a facing that resembles natural stone
  • caste mark — a mark on the skin that shows which caste a Hindu belongs to, esp a dot painted on the forehead
  • castellani — Plural form of castellanus.
  • castellans — Plural form of castellan.
  • castellany — the office or position of a castellan
  • castellate — To build in the form of a castle; to add battlements to an existing building.
  • castigated — Simple past tense and past participle of castigate.
  • castigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of castigate.
  • castigator — to criticize or reprimand severely.
  • castle nut — a hexagonal nut with six slots in the head, two of which take a locking pin to hold it firmly in position
  • castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
  • castlelike — a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
  • castmember — A member of a theatrical cast.
  • castor oil — Castor oil is a thick yellow oil that is obtained from the seeds of the castor oil plant. It has a very unpleasant taste and in former times was used as a medicine.
  • castrating — Present participle of castrate.
  • castration — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
  • castratism — The practice of prepubescently castrating male humans as to preserve their alto or soprano voices.
  • castrators — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
  • castratory — of or relating to castration
  • castratrix — (chiefly, used in philosophy, or, psychoanalysis) A female who castrates (either literally or metaphorically).
  • casualties — Military. a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined. casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
  • cat basket — a basket used for transporting a cat
  • cat's meow — Slang. someone or something wonderful or remarkable.
  • cat's-claw — an acacia shrub (Acacia greggii) native to the Southwest and northern Mexico, having spikes of yellow flowers and thorns resembling claws
  • cat's-foot — a European plant, Antennaria dioica, with whitish woolly leaves and heads of typically white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • catabiosis — (medicine) The physiological process by which cells physically degrade due to age.
  • catabolise — to cause (a nutrient or other substance) to undergo catabolism.
  • catabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are broken down into simple ones with the release of energy; destructive metabolism
  • cataclasis — the deformation of rocks by crushing and shearing
  • cataclysms — Plural form of cataclysm.
  • catalepsis — Dated form of catalepsy.
  • catalogers — Plural form of cataloger.
  • catalogist — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
  • catalogues — Plural form of catalogue.
  • catalysing — Present participle of catalyse.
  • catalystic — (nonstandard) Serving as a catalyst; catalytic.
  • catamarans — Plural form of catamaran.
  • catamnesis — a medical history following the onset of an illness.
  • catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
  • cataphasia — a speech disorder in which a person constantly repeats a word or phrase.
  • cataphasis — Rhetoric. the use of affirmative statements to discuss a subject; affirmation through positive statements.
  • cataplasia — the degeneration of cells and tissues to a less highly developed form
  • cataplasms — Plural form of cataplasm.
  • catastasis — the part of a drama immediately preceding the climax or action-filled scene
  • catawampus — askew; awry
  • catch-ups' — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
  • catchbasin — Alternative form of catch-basin.
  • catchflies — Plural form of catchfly.
  • catchiness — The state or quality of being catchy.
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