10-letter words containing c, a, i, s
- franchised — Simple past tense and past participle of franchise.
- franchisee — a person or company to whom a franchise is granted.
- franchiser — Also, franchisor [fran-chahy-zer, fran-chuh-zawr] /ˈfræn tʃaɪ zər, ˌfræn tʃəˈzɔr/ (Show IPA). a person or company that grants a franchise.
- franchises — Plural form of franchise.
- franchisor — Also, franchisor [fran-chahy-zer, fran-chuh-zawr] /ˈfræn tʃaɪ zər, ˌfræn tʃəˈzɔr/ (Show IPA). a person or company that grants a franchise.
- francis ii — Francis I (def 2).
- franciscan — of or relating to St. Francis or the Franciscans.
- freshmanic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a freshman: freshmanic enthusiasm.
- fricasseed — meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- fricassees — Plural form of fricassee.
- fricatives — Plural form of fricative.
- fruitcakes — Plural form of fruitcake.
- funiculars — Plural form of funicular.
- galacticos — Plural form of galactico.
- game chips — round thin potato chips served with game
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- gaucheries — Plural form of gaucherie.
- geodesical — Alternative form of geodesic.
- geostatics — the branch of physics concerned with the statics of rigid bodies, esp the balance of forces within the earth
- geriatrics — Slang. an old person.
- gesticular — pertaining to or characterized by gesticulation.
- give chase — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
- glacialist — a person who studies geological phenomena involving the action of ice, especially of glaciers.
- glasnostic — relating to the policy of glasnost
- glucosuria — glycosuria.
- glycosuria — excretion of glucose in the urine, as in diabetes.
- graciosity — graciousness
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graecismus — (rhetoric, historical) Use of Greek words and examples.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- grassfinch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- graticules — Plural form of graticule.
- grievances — Plural form of grievance.
- gymnastics — (used with a plural verb) gymnastic exercises.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- gyniatrics — the branch of medicine dealing with the treatment of women's diseases
- gyrostatic — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- hackintosh — 1. (jargon, computer) An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL"). 2. (jargon, computer) A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
- hacktivism — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- hacktivist — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- haloclines — Plural form of halocline.
- han cities — a group of three cities in E central China (Hanyang, Hankow, and Wuchang), in SE Hubei at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze Rivers; united in 1950 to form the conurbation of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- handstitch — to stitch or sew by hand.
- harmonicas — Plural form of harmonica.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.