Mixtures of milk and eggs thickened by heat have long been part of European cuisine. Custards baked in pastry (custard tarts) were very popular in the Middle Ages, and are the origin of the English word 'custard': 'croustade' originally referred to the crust of a tart.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern C-OU--A--. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter C and 3rd letter O and 4th letter U and 7th letter A. In alphabetical order, they are:

cloudland

croustade

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern C----T-D-. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter C and 6th letter T and 8th letter D. In alphabetical order, they are:

caryatids

celsitude

certitude

cricetids

croustade

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern ---US--DE. That is, nine letter words with 4th letter U and 5th letter S and 8th letter D and 9th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are:

ambuscade

croustade

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 6 words with the pattern --O-S-A-E. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter O and 5th letter S and 7th letter A and 9th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are:

croustade

moonscape

plowshare

roofscape

snowscape

soopstake