9-letter words containing n, a, s
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- cavessons — Plural form of cavesson.
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- 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.
- censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
- 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
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- 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
- cesareans — Plural form of cesarean.
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- cetaceans — Plural form of cetacean.
- chaconnes — Plural form of chaconne.
- chaffings — Plural form of chaffing.
- chain saw — A chain saw is a big saw with teeth fixed in a chain that is driven round by a motor.
- chain-saw — to cut or cut down (lumber, a tree, etc.) with a chain saw.
- chainless — having no chain or chains
- chainsaws — Plural form of chainsaw.
- chainsman — a person who stands in the chains to take soundings; leadsman.
- chamfrons — Plural form of chamfron.
- champians — Plural form of champian.
- champions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion.
- chanciest — Superlative form of chancy.
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- chandlers — Plural form of chandler.
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- chanteuse — a female singer, esp in a nightclub or cabaret
- chantress — a female chanter or singer
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- chaplains — Plural form of chaplain.
- charangas — Plural form of charanga.
- charangos — Plural form of charango.
- chariness — the state of being chary
- charmings — Plural form of charming.
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- chastened — subdued; humbled
- chastener — to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- chavannes — Puvis de [py-vee duh] /püˈvi də/ (Show IPA), Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre.
- cheapness — The state of being cheap.
- cheongsam — a straight dress, usually of silk or cotton, with a stand-up collar and a slit in one side of the skirt, worn by Chinese women
- chimineas — Plural form of chiminea.
- china sea — part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China: divided by Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south
- chinampas — Plural form of chinampa.
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.