9-letter words containing c, a, i, s
- dabchicks — Plural form of dabchick.
- dacquoise — a cake with nut meringue layers and buttercream
- dactylics — Plural form of dactylic.
- dactylist — someone who writes poetry in dactyls
- dadaistic — the style and techniques of a group of artists, writers, etc., of the early 20th century who exploited accidental and incongruous effects in their work and who programmatically challenged established canons of art, thought, morality, etc.
- dalmatics — Plural form of dalmatic.
- davis cup — an annual international lawn tennis championship for men's teams
- deadstick — To land an aircraft without power.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decastich — a poem that consists of ten lines
- deceasing — Present participle of decease.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimate.
- dedicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dedicate.
- defiances — Plural form of defiance.
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- delicates — Underwear or lingerie.
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- desiccant — desiccating or drying
- desiccate — to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate
- dessicate — Misspelling of desiccate.
- deviances — deviant quality or state.
- diabetics — Plural form of diabetic.
- diaclasis — (medicine) Osteoclasis.
- dianetics — A discipline devised by w L. Ron Hubbard designed to heal psychosomatic illnesses by cleansing the mind of engrams.
- diaristic — stylistically like a diary
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora
- diastatic — Biochemistry. of or relating to diastase. having the properties of diastase: diastatic action.
- diastemic — a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- diastolic — (of blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the interval between heartbeats.
- dicacious — teasing and cheeky in the way one speaks
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- dictators — Plural form of dictator.
- didactics — the art or science of teaching
- digastric — (of a muscle) having two bellies with an intermediate tendon.
- dionysiac — of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.
- disaccord — to be out of accord; disagree.
- disaffect — to alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal: The dictator's policies had soon disaffected the people.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- discalced — (chiefly of members of certain religious orders) without shoes; unshod; barefoot.
- discarded — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discarder — One who, or that which, discards.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disclaim.
- disclimax — a stable community that has replaced the normal climax in a given area, owing to disturbance by humans or domestic animals.