9-letter words containing c, a, i, s
- chickasha — a city in central Oklahoma.
- chickpeas — Plural form of chickpea.
- chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
- chimineas — Plural form of chiminea.
- china sea — part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China: divided by Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south
- chinampas — Plural form of chinampa.
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chipheads — Plural form of chiphead.
- chishtiya — a Sufi order of the Indian subcontinent.
- chisimaio — a port in S Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. Pop: reliable recent estimates are not available
- chitchats — Plural form of chitchat.
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- christian — A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- christmas — Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- chrysalis — A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult.
- churidars — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
- chuvashia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation, in the basin of the Volga River in central Russia. 7066 sq. mi. (18,300 sq. km). Capital: Cheboksary.
- cicatrise — (transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
- cimbaloms — Plural form of cimbalom.
- cinchonas — Plural form of cinchona.
- cineastes — Plural form of cineaste.
- cinnamons — Plural form of cinnamon.
- circassia — a region of S Russia, on the Black Sea north of the Caucasus Mountains
- circulars — Plural form of circular.
- cis woman — an adult who was born female and whose gender identity is female.
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- cissexual — noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of that person’s biological sex.
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- citations — Plural form of citation.
- citharist — a player of the cithara
- cityscape — an urban landscape; view of a city
- civilians — Plural form of civilian.
- civitates — the body of citizens who constitute a state, especially a city-state, commonwealth, or the like.
- clackdish — a dish carried by a beggar
- cladistic — relating to the classification of species based on evolutionary ancestry
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- claimants — Plural form of claimant.
- claimless — Having no claim.
- claimsman — an insurance adjuster, especially one dealing with casualty-insurance claims; claims adjuster.
- clappings — Plural form of clapping.
- clapstick — A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
- clarifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clarify.
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
- clarities — clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.