9-letter words containing c, a, i, s
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.
- ice-skate — to skate on ice.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- ideaistic — of ideas, especially in their abstract or symbolic character.
- 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.
- imagistic — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- immusical — (archaic) inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- in places — If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
- inactions — Plural form of inaction.
- incessant — continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- increaser — a person or thing that increases.
- increases — Plural form of increase.
- incubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate.
- indicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indicate.
- inelastic — not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- infancies — the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
- infuscate — darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- insectary — a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- 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.
- instanced — Simple past tense and past participle of instance.
- instances — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- insurance — the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection
- interacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interact.
- intestacy — the state or fact of being intestate at death.
- inviscate — To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- isagogics — isagogics.
- ischaemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischaemic — (UK, pathology, cardiology) alternative spelling of ischemic.
- ischiadic — (obsolete) ischiatic.
- ischiatic — Of or pertaining to the ischium.
- 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).
- issuances — Plural form of issuance.
- italicise — to print in italic type.
- italicism — Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.