9-letter words containing s, e, c, t
- castaneda — Carlos, 1925–1998, U.S. anthropologist and writer, born in Peru.
- castanets — Castanets are a Spanish musical instrument consisting of two small round pieces of wood or plastic held together by a cord. You hold the castanets in your hand and knock the pieces together with your fingers.
- casteless — having no caste
- castellan — a keeper or governor of a castle
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- castrated — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- castrater — a person who castrates
- castrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of castrate.
- cat's-ear — any of various European plants of the genus Hypochoeris, esp H. radicata, having dandelion-like heads of yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cat's-eye — any of a group of gemstones, esp a greenish-yellow variety of chrysoberyl, that reflect a streak of light when cut in a rounded unfaceted shape
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
- catalysed — to act upon by catalysis.
- catalyser — Alternative form of catalyzer.
- catalyses — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- catalyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyze.
- catamites — Plural form of catamite.
- catchiest — Superlative form of catchy.
- catechise — to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
- catechism — In a Catholic, Episcopal, or Orthodox Church, the catechism is a series of questions and answers about religious beliefs, which has to be learned by people before they can become full members of that Church.
- catechist — a person who catechizes, esp. one who instructs catechumens
- catenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catenate.
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfishes — Plural form of catfish.
- catharise — purify
- catharses — Plural form of catharsis.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- catheters — Plural form of catheter.
- cathouses — Plural form of cathouse.
- catteries — Plural form of cattery.
- cattiness — catlike; feline.
- cattleyas — Plural form of cattleya.
- causative — Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
- cautelous — crafty or cunning
- cauteries — Plural form of cautery.
- cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- caveators — a person who files or enters a caveat.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- cecostomy — Alternative spelling of caecostomy.
- ceintures — cincture (defs 1, 2).
- celestial — of or in the sky or universe, as planets or stars
- celestine — celestite
- celestite — a white, red, or blue mineral consisting of strontium sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form: a source of strontium compounds. Formula: SrSO4
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.