9-letter words containing c, a, i, o, s
- fractions — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- francisco — a male given name, Spanish form of Francis.
- fugacious — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- furacious — given to stealing; thievish
- gascoigne — George, 1525?–77, English poet.
- gasconism — the quality of being boastful; boastfulness
- geomatics — The discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information.
- geostatic — of or relating to pressure exerted by the weight of overlying rock.
- gnostical — pertaining to knowledge.
- gynobasic — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
- idiocrasy — idiosyncrasy.
- ilocano's — a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- inactions — Plural form of inaction.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- insomniac — a person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep: Her husband, an insomniac, had at last fallen asleep at the computer, head resting on the keyboard.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- isagogics — isagogics.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- isocarpic — having carpels equal in number to the other floral parts.
- isoclinal — of or relating to equal direction of inclination; inclining or dipping in the same direction.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- isocratic — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- isooctane — the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- isostatic — of, relating to, or characterized by isostasy.
- isotactic — (of a polymer) having the same configuration at successive, regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- japonicas — Plural form of japonica.
- jouisance — joy; delight
- justicoat — justaucorps.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- laconisms — Plural form of laconism.
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- latosolic — belonging or relating to a latosol
- lilaceous — of or approaching the color lilac.
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- localised — localisation
- localisms — Plural form of localism.
- localists — Plural form of localist.
- localizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of localize.
- locations — Plural form of location.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- logicians — Plural form of logician.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.