9-letter words containing s, c, u
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- coupstick — (historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courrèges — André (ɑ̃dre). 1923–2016, French couturier: helped to launch unisex fashion in the mid-1960s
- courteous — Someone who is courteous is polite and respectful to other people.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- courtesie — Obsolete spelling of courtesy.
- courtiers — a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- courtside — the area closest to the court
- cousinage — a kinship or relationship
- crapulous — characterized by intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauched
- crash out — If someone crashes out somewhere, they fall asleep where they are because they are very tired or drunk.
- crataegus — (botany) Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
- craterous — of, relating to, or resembling a crater
- creamcups — a Californian papaveraceous plant, Platystemon californicus, with small cream-coloured or yellow flowers on long flower stalks
- crease up — If someone or something makes you crease up or creases you up, they make you laugh a lot.
- creatures — Plural form of creature.
- credulous — If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
- crepuscle — twilight
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criminous — criminal
- critiques — Plural form of critique.
- crop-dust — to subject (a field) to crop-dusting.
- cross out — If you cross out words on a page, you draw a line through them, because they are wrong or because you want to change them.
- cross-cut — made or used for cutting crosswise.
- cross-out — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- crossbuck — (in the US) a white cross-shaped road sign used at railway crossings
- crosscuts — Plural form of crosscut.
- crossruff — the alternate trumping of each other's leads by two partners, or by declarer and dummy
- croupiers — Plural form of croupier.
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crucibles — Plural form of crucible.
- crucifers — Plural form of crucifer.
- crucifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crucify.
- crudeness — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
- crudities — the state or quality of being crude.
- cruellest — Superlative form of cruel.
- cruelness — The state of being cruel; cruelty.
- cruelties — Plural form of cruelty.
- cruet set — a set of pots to hold salt and pepper
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crumhorns — Plural form of crumhorn.
- crummiest — Superlative form of crummy.
- crunchers — Plural form of cruncher.
- 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.