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9-letter words containing c, n, s

  • corkiness — the state of being corky
  • corn laws — the laws introduced in Britain in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846
  • corn rose — any of several red-flowered weeds of cornfields, such as the corn poppy
  • corn silk — the silky tuft of styles and stigmas at the tip of an ear of maize, formerly used as a diuretic
  • corn smut — an ascomycetous parasitic fungus, Ustilago zeae, that causes gall-like deformations on maize grain
  • corn snow — granular snow formed by alternate freezing and thawing
  • cornballs — Plural form of cornball.
  • cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
  • corncribs — Plural form of corncrib.
  • corneitis — an inflammation of the cornea
  • cornelius — a masculine name: fem. Cornelia
  • cornemuse — a type of French bagpipes
  • cornetist — a person who plays the cornet
  • cornhouse — a corncrib.
  • cornhusks — Plural form of cornhusk.
  • corniches — Plural form of corniche.
  • corniness — the quality of being corny
  • cornpones — Plural form of cornpone.
  • cornstalk — a stalk or stem of corn
  • cornstick — a corn muffin baked in the form of a small ear of corn.
  • cornstone — a mottled green and red limestone
  • coronachs — Plural form of coronach.
  • coronitis — inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
  • corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
  • corrasion — erosion of a rock surface by rock fragments transported over it by water, wind, or ice
  • corrosion — Corrosion is the damage that is caused when something is corroded.
  • corseting — Present participle of corset.
  • corsicana — a city in E Texas.
  • cortisone — Cortisone is a hormone used in the treatment of arthritis, allergies, and some skin diseases.
  • coruscant — giving off flashes of light
  • cosecants — Plural form of cosecant.
  • coshering — Present participle of cosher.
  • coshocton — a city in E central Ohio.
  • cosmogeny — (dated) cosmogony.
  • cosmogony — the study of the origin and development of the universe or of a particular system in the universe, such as the solar system
  • cosmoline — a substance obtained from petroleum that is similar to petrolatum and is applied to machinery, esp vehicles or weapons, in order to prevent rust
  • cosmonaut — A cosmonaut is an astronaut from the former Soviet Union.
  • cosmotron — a large synchrotron which was used for accelerating protons to high energies (of the order of 1 GeV)
  • cosponsor — a person, company, or other organization that is one of the two sponsors of an event or initiative
  • cosseting — to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.
  • cost rent — (in Britain) the rent of a dwelling calculated on the cost of providing and maintaining the property without allowing for a profit
  • cost unit — a quantity or unit of a product or service whose cost is computed, used as a standard for comparison with other costs.
  • costanoan — a family of eight languages, now extinct, spoken by American Indian peoples of coastal California: part of the Penutian stock.
  • costings' — cost accounting.
  • costuming — a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
  • cothurnus — the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy
  • couchings — the act of a person or thing that couches.
  • counseled — advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
  • counselee — a person who is being professionally counseled
  • counselor — A counselor is a person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.
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