9-letter words containing c, a, i, o, s
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- autecious — autoecious
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autoicous — (of plants, esp mosses) having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- balsamico — Balsamic vinegar.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- bibacious — tending to drink in excess
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callosity — hardheartedness
- camisoles — Plural form of camisole.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- canoeists — Plural form of canoeist.
- canonicus — c1565–1647, Narragansett leader: yielded Rhode Island to Roger Williams 1636.
- canonised — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canonize.
- canonries — Plural form of canonry.
- canonship — the position or office of canon; canonry.
- cantonise — divide into cantons
- capacious — Something that is capacious has a lot of space to put things in.
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- cariosity — (medicine) caries.
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- caryopsis — a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
- caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
- 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.
- 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
- catholics — Plural form of Catholic.
- caucasoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to the lighter-complexioned supposed racial group of mankind, which includes the peoples indigenous to Europe, N Africa, SW Asia, and the Indian subcontinent and their descendants in other parts of the world
- caudillos — Plural form of caudillo.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.