9-letter words containing e, s, c, a, l
- cartelist — a member of a cartel, or a supporter of cartelism
- caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.
- case file — a file kept on a person who is involved in a medical, legal, or social work investigation
- caseloads — Plural form of caseload.
- cash sale — a transaction that specifies that securities must be delivered to the buyer on the day that the purchase is made
- casserole — A casserole is a dish made of meat and vegetables that have been cooked slowly in a liquid.
- cassingle — a cassette single
- cassoulet — a stew originating from France, made from haricot beans and goose, duck, pork, etc
- casteless — having no caste
- castellan — a keeper or governor of a castle
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- casualise — make (a regular employee) into a casual worker
- casualize — If a business casualizes its employees or casualizes their labour, it replaces employees with permanent contracts and full rights with employees with temporary contracts and few rights.
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
- catalysed — to act upon by catalysis.
- catalyser — Alternative form of catalyzer.
- catalyses — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- catalyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyze.
- cattleyas — Plural form of cattleya.
- causeless — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- cautelous — crafty or cunning
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- ceaseless — If something, often something unpleasant, is ceaseless, it continues for a long time without stopping or changing.
- celestial — of or in the sky or universe, as planets or stars
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- cellarers — Plural form of cellarer.
- cellarous — of, relating to or resembling a cellar
- cellmates — Plural form of cellmate.
- cellulase — any enzyme that converts cellulose to the disaccharide cellobiose
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephalous — having a head
- cerealist — a person who studies cereals and the conditions for their growth
- chainless — having no chain or chains
- chandlers — Plural form of chandler.
- charles i — title as Holy Roman Emperor of Charlemagne
- charles v — known as Charles the Wise. 1337–80, king of France (1364–80) during the Hundred Years' War
- charles x — title of Charles Gustavus. 1622–60, king of Sweden, who warred with Poland and Denmark in an attempt to create a unified Baltic state
- charmless — If you say that something or someone is charmless, you mean that they are unattractive or uninteresting.
- chartless — not mapped; uncharted
- chaseable — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
- chasubles — Plural form of chasuble.
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- chelators — Plural form of chelator.
- chemicals — the commercial production and sale of chemical products
- chic sale — an outside privy.