9-letter words containing s, a, c, d
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- churidars — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- clackdish — a dish carried by a beggar
- cladistic — relating to the classification of species based on evolutionary ancestry
- class day — a day during the commencement season on which the members of the graduating class in U.S. colleges and schools celebrate the completion of their course with special ceremonies.
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- closehead — the entrance to a tenement close
- club soda — Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice.
- clubhands — Plural form of clubhand.
- coalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of coalesce.
- coarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of coarsen.
- coastland — the land fringing a coast
- coastward — towards the coast
- coatdress — a coatlike dress having a buttoned front and, usually, lapels and long sleeves
- coatstand — a frame or pole equipped with hooks or arms for hanging up coats, etc
- codenames — Plural form of codename.
- codeshare — (aviation) Agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.
- cokeheads — Plural form of cokehead.
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- cold case — a police inquiry that has been suspended with the crime still unsolved
- cold cash — money paid in full at the time of a business transaction
- cold snap — A cold snap is a short period of cold and icy weather.
- collapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of collapse.
- comedians — Plural form of comedian.
- commandos — Plural form of commando.
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- compassed — Simple past tense and past participle of compass.
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- cordgrass — a coarse perennial grass of the genus Spartina, characteristically growing in mud or marsh
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- cost card — a summary of costs involved in the production of a product.
- costarred — Simple past tense and past participle of costar.
- cowardise — Obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- crash pad — a place to live or sleep temporarily
- crashland — Alternative form of crash-land.
- credenzas — Plural form of credenza.
- crevassed — containing deep cracks or fissures
- crispated — Crispate.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- crossroad — a road that crosses another road
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crusaders — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusading — campaigning
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.