9-letter words containing c, e, s, p
- capsulise — Alt form capsulize.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carapaces — Plural form of carapace.
- caryopses — Plural form of caryopsis.
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- cassareep — the juice of the bitter cassava root, boiled down to a syrup and used as a flavouring, esp in West Indian cookery
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- celoscope — an instrument for examining a body cavity.
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- cepaceous — having an onion-like smell or taste
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephalous — having a head
- cespitose — growing in dense, matlike clumps without creeping stems, as moss, grass, etc.
- cespitous — Turfy; resembling turf.
- cesspools — Plural form of cesspool.
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- chassepot — a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- cheapness — The state of being cheap.
- cheapside — street and district of London; in the Middle Ages it was a marketplace
- chess pie — a dessert made of a custardlike mixture of butter, sugar, eggs, etc., baked in a pie shell
- chickpeas — Plural form of chickpea.
- chiefship — the post or situation of a chief
- chipheads — Plural form of chiphead.
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- choose up — to decide on the opposing players, as for an impromptu ballgame
- chop suey — Chop suey is a Chinese-style dish that consists of meat and vegetables that have been stewed together.
- chophouse — a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc
- chopsteak — chopped steak.
- cirripeds — Plural form of cirriped.
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- cityscape — an urban landscape; view of a city
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- clipsheet — a sheet of paper with text printed on one side only
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- codpieces — Plural form of codpiece.
- coldsleep — A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
- collapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of collapse.
- collapses — Plural form of collapse.
- coloscope — a flexible, lighted, tubular instrument using fiber optics to permit visualization of the colon.
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- companies — Plural form of company.
- compassed — Simple past tense and past participle of compass.