11-letter words containing c, a, n, s, i
- grandnieces — Plural form of grandniece.
- graphicness — The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness.
- grass finch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- hackishness — (jargon) The quality of being or involving a hack. This term is considered mildly silly. Synonym hackitude.
- haines city — a town in central Florida.
- hand-stitch — to stitch or sew by hand.
- handicrafts — Plural form of handicraft.
- hardscaping — Hardscape.
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- hash coding — (programming, algorithm) (Or "hashing") A scheme for providing rapid access to data items which are distinguished by some key. Each data item to be stored is associated with a key, e.g. the name of a person. A hash function is applied to the item's key and the resulting hash value is used as an index to select one of a number of "hash buckets" in a hash table. The table contains pointers to the original items. If, when adding a new item, the hash table already has an entry at the indicated location then that entry's key must be compared with the given key to see if it is the same. If two items' keys hash to the same value (a "hash collision") then some alternative location is used (e.g. the next free location cyclically following the indicated one). For best performance, the table size and hash function must be tailored to the number of entries and range of keys to be used. The hash function usually depends on the table size so if the table needs to be enlarged it must usually be completely rebuilt. When you look up a name in the phone book (for example), you typically hash it by extracting its first letter; the hash buckets are the alphabetically ordered letter sections. See also: btree, checksum, CRC, pseudorandom number, random, random number, soundex.
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
- hispanicism — an idiom peculiar to Spanish.
- hispanicist — Hispanist.
- hispanicize — to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- icarian sea — the part of the Aegean Sea between Turkey and the Greek islands of Patmos and Leros.
- ice station — a camp or base in an isolated part of the Arctic or Antarctic, manned by specialists to monitor the weather, geological formations, wildlife, etc.
- ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
- icing sugar — Icing sugar is very fine white sugar that is used for making icing and sweets.
- iconoclasts — Plural form of iconoclast.
- iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
- iconostasis — a partition or screen on which icons are placed, separating the sanctuary from the main part of the church.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- icosandrian — (of a plant) having at least twenty stamens
- icosandrous — belonging to the Icosandria, a class of plants
- importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- impuissance — Impotence, weakness.
- in any case — an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something: Sailing in such a storm was a case of poor judgment.
- in articles — formerly, undergoing training, according to the terms of a written contract, in the legal profession
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- in contrast — If one thing is in contrast to another, it is very different from it.
- inactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inactivate.
- inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
- incalescent — increasing in heat or ardor.
- incandesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incandesce.
- incanescent — (dated) Becoming hoary or grey; canescent.
- incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- incensation — (Roman Catholic Church) The offering of incense.
- incessantly — continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.
- incidentals — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
- incinerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incinerate.
- incitations — Plural form of incitation.