9-letter words containing c, a, t, s
- caryatids — Plural form of caryatid.
- case shot — a quantity of small projectiles enclosed in a single case, as a shrapnel shell, for firing from a gun
- caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
- caseinate — a salt of casein
- casemates — Plural form of casemate.
- casements — Plural form of casement.
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- caskstand — a frame on which a cask rests
- cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
- cassettes — Plural form of cassette.
- cassoulet — a stew originating from France, made from haricot beans and goose, duck, pork, etc
- cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- cast back — to turn (the mind) to the past
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- castaneda — Carlos, 1925–1998, U.S. anthropologist and writer, born in Peru.
- castanets — Castanets are a Spanish musical instrument consisting of two small round pieces of wood or plastic held together by a cord. You hold the castanets in your hand and knock the pieces together with your fingers.
- castaways — Plural form of castaway.
- casteless — having no caste
- castellan — a keeper or governor of a castle
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- castrated — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- castrater — a person who castrates
- castrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of castrate.
- castrator — One who castrates (gelds or neuters).
- castroism — the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
- castroist — of or relating to the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
- casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- cat's paw — a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.
- cat's-ear — any of various European plants of the genus Hypochoeris, esp H. radicata, having dandelion-like heads of yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cat's-eye — any of a group of gemstones, esp a greenish-yellow variety of chrysoberyl, that reflect a streak of light when cut in a rounded unfaceted shape
- cat's-paw — a person used by another as a tool; dupe
- catabasis — a descent or downward movement
- cataclasm — a breaking down or disruption
- cataclysm — A cataclysm is an event that causes great change or harm.
- catacombs — an underground burial place, esp the galleries at Rome, consisting of tunnels with vaults or niches leading off them for tombs
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
- catalysed — to act upon by catalysis.
- catalyser — Alternative form of catalyzer.
- catalyses — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- catalysis — Catalysis is the speeding up of a chemical reaction by adding a catalyst to it.