9-letter words containing i, n, s, t, a, c
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- cattiness — catlike; feline.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cavatinas — Plural form of cavatina.
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- chanciest — Superlative form of chancy.
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
- christian — A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- cineastes — Plural form of cineaste.
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- citations — Plural form of citation.
- claimants — Plural form of claimant.
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- 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
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- cocainist — a cocaine addict
- cognisant — a frequent misspelling of cognizant.
- conations — Plural form of conation.
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- desiccant — desiccating or drying
- dianetics — A discipline devised by w L. Ron Hubbard designed to heal psychosomatic illnesses by cleansing the mind of engrams.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- distanced — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distances — Plural form of distance.
- encanthis — a tumour of the eye
- encaustic — (especially in painting and ceramics) using pigments mixed with hot wax that are burned in as an inlay.