8-letter words containing c, s, t
- captains — Plural form of captain.
- captchas — Plural form of captcha.
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- captives — Plural form of captive; persons held prisoner.
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capulets — Plural form of capulet.
- car seat — a seat in an automobile; specif., a portable seat that fastens onto a car's built-in seat and is used for securing a small child
- carditis — inflammation of the heart
- carnitas — A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- carports — Plural form of carport.
- cartoons — Plural form of cartoon.
- case out — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- caseated — Simple past tense and past participle of caseate.
- casemate — an armoured compartment in a ship or fortification in which guns are mounted
- casement — A casement or a casement window is a window that opens by means of hinges, usually at the side.
- cash out — cash in1 (sense 1)
- cash-out — Also, cashout. a direct cash payment or a cash profit or remainder: The store owner lived on a cash-out of fifty dollars a day.
- cassette — A cassette is a small, flat, rectangular plastic case containing magnetic tape which is used for recording and playing back sound or film.
- cast off — If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you.
- cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- cast-off — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- castalia — a spring on Mount Parnassus: in ancient Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses and believed to be a source of inspiration
- castanet — either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
- castaway — A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
- casteism — the belief in, and adherence to, the caste system
- castered — a person or thing that casts.
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- castilla — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1797–1867, Peruvian general and statesman: president of Peru 1845–51 and 1855–62.
- castillo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- castings — Plural form of casting.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- castizos — Plural form of castizo.
- castling — the act of moving the king two squares laterally on the first rank and placing the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side or the queen's side
- castoffs — Plural form of castoff.
- castrate — To castrate a male animal or a man means to remove his testicles.
- castrati — a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- castrato — (in 17th- and 18th-century opera) a male singer whose testicles were removed before puberty, allowing the retention of a soprano or alto voice
- castries — the capital and chief port of St Lucia. Pop: 14 000 (2005 est)
- casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- casuists — Plural form of casuist.
- cat scan — CT scan
- cat suit — a jumpsuit.
- catalase — an enzyme that catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
- catalogs — Plural form of catalog.
- catalpas — Plural form of catalpa.
- catalyse — If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.