9-letter words containing o, a, s, t
- constable — In Britain and some other countries, a constable is a police officer of the lowest rank.
- constance — a city in S Germany, in Baden-Württemberg on Lake Constance: tourist centre. Pop: 80 716 (2003 est)
- constancy — Constancy is the quality of staying the same even though other things change.
- constanta — a port and resort in SE Romania, on the Black Sea: founded by the Greeks in the 6th century bc and rebuilt by Constantine the Great (4th century); exports petroleum. Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- constants — Plural form of constant.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- construal — an act of construing
- consulate — A consulate is the place where a consul works.
- consumate — Misspelling of consummate.
- contangos — Plural form of contango.
- contessas — Plural form of contessa.
- contracts — Plural form of contract.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- contrasts — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- copasetic — fine; completely satisfactory; OK.
- copulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copulate.
- copypasta — (Internet slang) A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else.
- cornstalk — a stalk or stem of corn
- coroplast — A manufacturer of terracotta figurines (in Ancient Greece).
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
- coruscant — giving off flashes of light
- coruscate — to emit flashes of light; sparkle
- cosecants — Plural form of cosecant.
- cosmocrat — a ruler of the world
- cosmonaut — A cosmonaut is an astronaut from the former Soviet Union.
- cost card — a summary of costs involved in the production of a product.
- costalgia — Pain in the ribs, or the costal muscles.
- costanoan — a family of eight languages, now extinct, spoken by American Indian peoples of coastal California: part of the Penutian stock.
- costarred — Simple past tense and past participle of costar.
- cottagers — Plural form of cottager.
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- covenants — Plural form of covenant.
- cowlstaff — a staff or pole used by two people to carry a vessel, sometimes used as a weapon
- crackpots — Plural form of crackpot.
- crapshoot — If you describe something as a crapshoot, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance.
- crash out — If someone crashes out somewhere, they fall asleep where they are because they are very tired or drunk.
- crash-hot — extremely impressive
- craterous — of, relating to, or resembling a crater
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crosstabs — Simple language for statistical analysis of tabular data. "User's Manual for the CROSSTABS System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (Feb 1977).
- crosstalk — unwanted signals in one channel of a communications system as a result of a transfer of energy from one or more other channels
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- custodial — Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.