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9-letter words containing c, n, s, t, i

  • cartesian — of or relating to the works of René Descartes
  • caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
  • caseinate — a salt of casein
  • cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
  • cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
  • 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.
  • castering — a person or thing that casts.
  • castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
  • cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
  • cattiness — catlike; feline.
  • causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
  • cavatinas — Plural form of cavatina.
  • cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
  • ceintures — cincture (defs 1, 2).
  • celestine — celestite
  • cenobites — Plural form of cenobite.
  • cent sign — the symbol ¢ placed after a number to indicate that the number represents cents.
  • centesimo — a former monetary unit of Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican City worth one hundredth of a lira
  • centrists — Plural form of centrist.
  • centroids — Plural form of centroid.
  • centuries — Plural form of century.
  • certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
  • cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
  • cgs units — a metric system of units based on the centimetre, gram, and second. For scientific and technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
  • chanciest — Superlative form of chancy.
  • chantries — Plural form of chantry.
  • chartings — Plural form of charting.
  • chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
  • chin rest — a device fixed to the top of a violin or viola to provide a firm rest for the player's chin.
  • chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
  • chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
  • chitinous — a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
  • chitlings — the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.
  • christens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of christen.
  • christian — A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
  • christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
  • christine — a feminine name: dim. Chris, Chrissie, Tina; var. Christina, Christy
  • cinctures — Plural form of cincture.
  • cineastes — Plural form of cineaste.
  • cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
  • cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
  • cistronic — cistron-related
  • citations — Plural form of citation.
  • claimants — Plural form of claimant.
  • clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
  • clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
  • clinostat — an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants, usually a rotating disc to which the plant is attached so that it receives an equal stimulus on all sides
  • closeting — Present participle of closet.
  • clothings — Plural form of clothing.
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