9-letter words containing st
- checklist — A checklist is a list of all the things that you need to do, information that you want to find out, or things that you need to take somewhere, which you make in order to ensure that you do not forget anything.
- cheekiest — Superlative form of cheeky.
- cheeriest — Superlative form of cheery.
- cheesiest — of or like cheese: a cheesy aroma; a cheesy taste.
- chemist's — a chemist's shop
- chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
- chemostat — an apparatus for growing bacterial cultures at a constant rate by controlling the supply of nutrient medium
- chesstree — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a wooden fastening with one or more sheaves, attached to the topside of a sailing vessel, through which the windward tack of a course was rove.
- chesticle — (slang, humorous) A (woman's) breast.
- chestnuts — Plural form of chestnut.
- chilliest — Superlative form of chilly.
- chin rest — a device fixed to the top of a violin or viola to provide a firm rest for the player's chin.
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- cholecyst — the gallbladder
- chopsteak — chopped steak.
- chopstick — Chopsticks are a pair of thin sticks which people in China and the Far East use to eat their food.
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- chorister — A chorister is a singer in a church choir.
- christens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of christen.
- christian — A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- christine — a feminine name: dim. Chris, Chrissie, Tina; var. Christina, Christy
- christmas — Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.
- christoff — Boris. 1919–93, Bulgarian bass-baritone, noted esp for his performance in the title role of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
- chubbiest — Superlative form of chubby.
- chymistry — chemistry.
- cineastes — Plural form of cineaste.
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- cistronic — cistron-related
- citharist — a player of the cithara
- cladistic — relating to the classification of species based on evolutionary ancestry
- clapstick — A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
- classiest — Superlative form of classy.
- classtime — The time devoted to or prepared for a lesson at school or elsewhere; schooltime.
- claustral — of or related to a cloister
- claustrum — a thin layer of grey matter in the brain
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- cleverest — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- clinostat — an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants, usually a rotating disc to which the plant is attached so that it receives an equal stimulus on all sides
- cloisters — Plural form of cloister.
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- clumsiest — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- clustered — If people or things are clustered somewhere, there is a group of them close together there.
- clutchest — to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
- cnidocyst — a nematocyst.
- coastally — In a coastal manner.
- coastland — the land fringing a coast
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.