9-letter words containing st
- cartelist — a member of a cartel, or a supporter of cartelism
- caskstand — a frame on which a cask rests
- cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- cast back — to turn (the mind) to the past
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- 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.
- castaways — Plural form of castaway.
- 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.
- castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
- 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.
- castrator — One who castrates (gelds or neuters).
- castroism — the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
- castroist — of or relating to the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
- casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- catalysts — Plural form of catalyst.
- catchiest — Superlative form of catchy.
- catechist — a person who catechizes, esp. one who instructs catechumens
- catstitch — catch stitch.
- cecostomy — Alternative spelling of caecostomy.
- 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
- celticist — an expert in Celtic languages or culture.
- centrists — Plural form of centrist.
- ceramists — Plural form of ceramist.
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- cerealist — a person who studies cereals and the conditions for their growth
- chanciest — Superlative form of chancy.
- chapstick — a cylinder of a substance for preventing or soothing chapped lips
- chartists — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
- chastened — subdued; humbled
- chastener — to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- chastised — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chastiser — Someone who chastises.
- chastises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chastise.
- chastized — Simple past tense and past participle of chastize.
- chattiest — Superlative form of chatty.