9-letter words containing n, s
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- cd single — a compact disk, usually three inches in diameter, containing one or two popular songs.
- 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.
- 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
- censoring — any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
- censuring — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- 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.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- 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
- cesareans — Plural form of cesarean.
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- cetaceans — Plural form of cetacean.
- ceylonese — of or relating to Ceylon or its inhabitants
- cgs units — a metric system of units based on the centimetre, gram, and second. For scientific and technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- 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.