8-letter words containing cas
- casteism — the belief in, and adherence to, the caste system
- castered — a person or thing that casts.
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- castilla — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1797–1867, Peruvian general and statesman: president of Peru 1845–51 and 1855–62.
- castillo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- castings — Plural form of casting.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- castizos — Plural form of castizo.
- castling — the act of moving the king two squares laterally on the first rank and placing the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side or the queen's side
- castoffs — Plural form of castoff.
- castrate — To castrate a male animal or a man means to remove his testicles.
- castrati — a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- castrato — (in 17th- and 18th-century opera) a male singer whose testicles were removed before puberty, allowing the retention of a soprano or alto voice
- castries — the capital and chief port of St Lucia. Pop: 14 000 (2005 est)
- casually — happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting.
- casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- casuists — Plural form of casuist.
- caucasia — a region in SW Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea: contains the Caucasus Mountains, dividing it into Ciscaucasia in the north and Transcaucasia in the south; one of the most complex ethnic areas in the world, with over 50 different peoples
- caucasic — Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by fair to dark skin, straight to tightly curled hair, and light to very dark eyes, and originally inhabiting Europe, parts of North Africa, western Asia, and India.
- caucasus — a mountain range in SW Russia, running along the N borders of Georgia and Azerbaijan, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea: mostly over 2700 m (9000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Elbrus, 5642 m (18 510 ft)
- cot case — a person confined to bed through illness
- day case — a patient or case that comes into hospital for a surgical procedure and is dealt with and released in the course of one day
- delcasse — Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1852–1923, French statesman.
- die-cast — formed by die casting.
- digicash — (company) A company, started in April 1990, which aims to develop and license products to support electronic payment methods including chip card, software only, and hybrid.
- discased — to take the case or covering from; uncase.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- egg case — Entomology. ootheca.
- encashed — Simple past tense and past participle of encash.
- encasing — Present participle of encase.
- encastre — (of a beam) fixed at the ends
- feluccas — Plural form of felucca.
- flexcash — flexdollars.
- fly-cast — Angling. to fish by fly casting.
- forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- gamecast — the broadcast of a team sport game.
- gearcase — a protective casing for the gear mechanism of a vehicle or piece of machinery
- hardcase — a container that has a rigid structure
- headcase — (informal) A mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person, especially one who displays aggressive behavior.
- helicase — any of the enzymes that use the energy derived from the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to unwind the double-stranded helical structure of nucleic acids: RNA and DNA helicases.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- job case — any of various cases for holding type, especially one of several that accommodate both uppercase and lowercase letters. Compare California job case, case2 (def 8).
- key case — a small case in which keys are carried.
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- macassar — a seaport on SW Sulawesi (Celebes), in central Indonesia.
- marascas — Plural form of marasca.
- mocassin — Alternative spelling of moccasin.
- moccasin — a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.