9-letter words containing c, n, s, t
- 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.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- ceintures — cincture (defs 1, 2).
- celestine — celestite
- cenobites — Plural form of cenobite.
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- cent sign — the symbol ¢ placed after a number to indicate that the number represents cents.
- centaurus — a conspicuous extensive constellation in the S hemisphere, close to the Southern Cross, that contains two first magnitude stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, and the globular cluster Omega Centauri
- 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.
- cents-off — of or relating to a marketing device, as a coupon, that entitles a buyer to a specified amount off the regular price.
- centuries — Plural form of century.
- cerements — Plural form of cerement.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cervantes — Miguel de (miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname Cervantes Saavedra. 1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for Don Quixote (1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- cetaceans — Plural form of cetacean.
- 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 For scientific and technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units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.
- chanteuse — a female singer, esp in a nightclub or cabaret
- chantress — a female chanter or singer
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- chastened — subdued; humbled
- chastener — to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- chestnuts — Plural form of chestnut.
- 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.
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- cleanthes — ?300–?232 bc, Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school