9-letter words containing c, s, t, o
- christoff — Boris. 1919–93, Bulgarian bass-baritone, noted esp for his performance in the title role of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- cistronic — cistron-related
- citations — Plural form of citation.
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- 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
- cloacitis — inflammation of the cloaca in birds, including domestic fowl, and other animals with a common opening of the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts
- cloisters — Plural form of cloister.
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- close out — to terminate (a client's or other account) on which the margin is inadequate or exhausted, usually by sale of securities to realize cash
- close-set — (esp of the eyes) positioned close together
- closeouts — Plural form of closeout.
- closetful — a quantity that may be contained in a closet
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- cnidocyst — a nematocyst.
- coastally — In a coastal manner.
- coastland — the land fringing a coast
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- coastward — towards the coast
- coastwise — along the coast
- coatdress — a coatlike dress having a buttoned front and, usually, lapels and long sleeves
- coatracks — Plural form of coatrack.
- coatstand — a frame or pole equipped with hooks or arms for hanging up coats, etc
- coattails — If you do something on the coattails of someone else, you are able to do it because of the other person's success, and not because of your own efforts.
- coauthors — Plural form of coauthor.
- cobaltous — of or containing cobalt in the divalent state
- cocainist — a cocaine addict
- cockatoos — Plural form of cockatoo.
- cockboats — Plural form of cockboat.
- cocklofts — Plural form of cockloft.
- cocksfoot — a perennial Eurasian grass, Dactylis glomerata, cultivated as a pasture grass in North America and South Africa
- cocktails — Plural form of cocktail.
- cocoanuts — Plural form of cocoanut.
- coelostat — an astronomical instrument consisting of a plane mirror mounted parallel to the earth's axis and rotated about this axis once every two days so that light from a celestial body, esp the sun, is reflected onto a second mirror, which reflects the beam into a telescope
- coexisted — Simple past tense and past participle of coexist.
- cofactors — Plural form of cofactor.
- cogitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cogitate.
- cognetics — The engineering of objects to make them accommodate critical human thought process.
- cognisant — a frequent misspelling of cognizant.
- cognovits — Law. an acknowledgment or confession by a defendant that the plaintiff's cause, or part of it, is just, wherefore the defendant, to save expense, permits judgment to be entered without trial.
- cohobates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate.
- cohostess — a woman who cohosts an event
- cold cuts — Cold cuts are thin slices of cooked meat which are served cold.
- cold shut — A cold shut is a fault in the surface of a piece of metal caused by two streams of molten metal not joining properly when the piece is being cast.
- cold spot — an area where house prices are stable and properties are slow to sell
- collagist — a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope.