9-letter words containing e, s, c, n, t
- caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
- caseinate — a salt of casein
- casements — Plural form of casement.
- castaneda — Carlos, 1925–1998, U.S. anthropologist and writer, born in Peru.
- castanets — Castanets are a Spanish musical instrument consisting of two small round pieces of wood or plastic held together by a cord. You hold the castanets in your hand and knock the pieces together with your fingers.
- castellan — a keeper or governor of a castle
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- catenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catenate.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- cattiness — catlike; feline.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
- christens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of christen.
- christine — a feminine name: dim. Chris, Chrissie, Tina; var. Christina, Christy
- cinctures — Plural form of cincture.
- cineastes — Plural form of cineaste.
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- 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
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- cognetics — The engineering of objects to make them accommodate critical human thought process.
- commonest — belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common property; common interests.