9-letter words containing o, n, c, s
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- c-section — A C-section is the same as a Caesarean.
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- cameroons — former region in W Africa consisting of two trust territories, French Cameroons (in 1960 forming the republic of Cameroon ) and British Cameroons (in 1961 divided between Cameroon and Nigeria)
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- cankerous — having cankers
- canoeists — Plural form of canoeist.
- canonicus — c1565–1647, Narragansett leader: yielded Rhode Island to Roger Williams 1636.
- canonised — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canonize.
- canonries — Plural form of canonry.
- canonship — the position or office of canon; canonry.
- canoodles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canoodle.
- cantonese — Cantonese means belonging or relating to the Chinese provinces of Canton (Guangdong in Mandarin).
- cantonise — divide into cantons
- canzonets — Plural form of canzonet.
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- capstones — Plural form of capstone.
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- 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.
- casanovas — Plural form of casanova.
- caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
- 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.
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- cavessons — Plural form of cavesson.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- 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.
- centesimo — a former monetary unit of Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican City worth one hundredth of a lira
- 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.