9-letter words containing n, s
- caressing — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- carnalise — sensualise
- carnalism — the quality or state of being sensual
- carneades — 214?–129? b.c, Greek philosopher.
- carnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify.
- carnivals — Plural form of carnival.
- carnosaur — any of various large carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria, including the allosaurs
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carotenes — Plural form of carotene.
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carstensz — Mount Djaja Peak
- cartesian — of or relating to the works of René Descartes
- caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.
- casanovas — Plural form of casanova.
- cascading — Present participle of cascade.
- caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- caseinate — a salt of casein
- casements — Plural form of casement.
- cash plan — A cash plan is money paid towards the insured’s optical or dental costs, and also admission to a hospital.
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- caskstand — a frame on which a cask rests
- cassander — c354-297 b.c, king of Macedonia 301-297 (son of Antipater).
- cassandra — a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed
- cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
- cassingle — a cassette single
- cassonade — raw or unrefined sugar
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- 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.
- 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.
- castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
- casuarina — any tree of the genus Casuarina, of Australia and the East Indies, having jointed leafless branchlets: family Casuarinaceae
- 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.
- caucasian — A Caucasian person is a white person.
- caucusing — Present participle of caucus.
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- cauquenes — a city in central Chile.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cavatinas — Plural form of cavatina.
- 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.