9-letter words containing n, s
- cracksmen — Plural form of cracksman.
- craftsman — A craftsman is a man who makes things skilfully with his hands.
- craftsmen — a person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- 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
- crankpins — Plural form of crankpin.
- crashland — Alternative form of crash-land.
- crassness — The state of being crass.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- 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.
- criminals — Plural form of criminal.
- criminous — criminal
- crimsoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.
- crinosity — Hairiness.
- crispness — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
- crossings — Plural form of crossing.
- 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.
- crosstown — A crosstown bus or route is one that crosses the main roads or transportation lines of a town or city.
- crosswind — A crosswind is a strong wind that blows across the direction that vehicles, boats, or aircraft are travelling in, and that makes it difficult for them to keep moving steadily forward.
- crotonism — poisoning by ingestion of croton oil, characterized by burning of the mouth, severe diarrhea, and colic, with possible death from respiratory or circulatory failure.
- crown saw — a hollow cylinder with cutting teeth forming a rotary saw for trepanning
- crownings — Plural form of crowning.
- crownless — Without a crown.
- crudeness — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
- cruelness — The state of being cruel; cruelty.
- crumhorns — Plural form of crumhorn.
- crunchers — Plural form of cruncher.
- crusading — campaigning
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- 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
- cuddlings — Plural form of cuddling.
- cufflinks — one of a pair of linked ornamental buttons or buttonlike devices for fastening a shirt cuff.