9-letter words containing n, e, c, s
- cracknels — crisply fried bits of fat pork
- cracksmen — Plural form of cracksman.
- craftsmen — a person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankcase — the metal housing that encloses the crankshaft, connecting rods, etc, in an internal-combustion engine, reciprocating pump, etc
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crankness — (of a vessel) the liability to capsize
- crassness — The state of being crass.
- craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- credences — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of credence.
- credenzas — Plural form of credenza.
- creodonts — Plural form of creodont.
- crepiness — the quality of being crepe-like in texture, esp in skin
- crescence — (obsolete) increase; enlargement.
- crescendo — A crescendo is a noise that gets louder and louder. Some people also use crescendo to refer to the point when a noise is at its loudest.
- crescents — Plural form of crescent.
- crestings — Plural form of cresting.
- cretinise — make (someone) a cretin
- cretinism — a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and learning difficulties
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- crimsoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.
- crispness — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- crossline — a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.
- crossness — the quality or state of being cross or angry; irritability; snappishness.
- crownless — Without a crown.
- crudeness — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
- cruelness — The state of being cruel; cruelty.
- crunchers — Plural form of cruncher.
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cuisinier — a cook; chef
- cultigens — Plural form of cultigen.
- culverins — Plural form of culverin.
- cunjevois — Plural form of cunjevoi.
- cuppiness — The state or quality of being cuppy.
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- curliness — The state of being curly.
- curviness — The state or condition of being curvy.
- cushiness — the quality or condition of being cushy
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cushionet — a small cushion
- cusimanse — A small mongoose, of genus Crossarchus, native to West Africa.
- cut stone — a stone or stonework dressed to a relatively fine finish with tools other than hammers.
- cutaneous — of, relating to, or affecting the skin
- cyclamens — Plural form of cyclamen.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- cytokines — Plural form of cytokine.
- damascene — to ornament (metal, esp steel) by etching or by inlaying, usually with gold or silver