10-letter words containing c, i, n, s
- isocyanine — a member of the group of cyanine dyes.
- isodynamic — pertaining to or characterized by equality of force, intensity, or the like.
- isogenetic — isogenous
- isokinetic — (biophysics) Relating to the force that a muscle applies during a limb movement at constant velocity.
- isoleucine — a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 13 O 2 , occurring in proteins, that is essential to the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: I. Abbreviation: Ile;
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- jackknifes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife.
- jackknives — Plural form of jackknife.
- jacksonian — of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him: Jacksonian democracy.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jacobinism — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jingoistic — the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
- jinricksha — Alternative spelling of jinriksha.
- jouissance — Physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy.
- kenoticist — someone who believes in or supports the idea of kenosis
- kickstands — Plural form of kickstand.
- kinematics — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinescopes — Plural form of kinescope.
- kineticism — the quality or state of being kinetic.
- kineticist — someone who studies kinetics
- kitschness — the quality of being kitsch
- knackeries — Plural form of knackery.
- knackiness — the quality or condition of being knacky
- lac insect — a scale insect, Laccifer lacca, of southeast Asia, the female of which secretes lac, a substance used in the preparation of shellac, wax, etc.
- laconicism — laconic brevity.
- lacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- lancashire — a county in NW England. 1174 sq. mi. (3040 sq. km).
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- launchings — Plural form of launching.
- lemniscate — a plane curve generated by the locus of the point at which a variable tangent to a rectangular hyperbola intersects a perpendicular from the center to the tangent. Equation: r 2 = 2 a 2 cosθ.
- licensable — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- licensures — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- line score — a brief listing of the final score and major statistical totals of a game, esp. a baseball game
- line space — (on a typewriter, typesetter, printer, or the like) the horizontal space provided for a line of typing, typesetting, printing, etc.
- linecaster — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- linguistic — of or relating to linguistics.
- lions club — any of the local clubs that form the International Association of Lions Clubs, formed in the US in 1917 to foster local and international good relations and service to the community
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- liquescent — becoming liquid; melting.
- lisichansk — a city in E Ukraine, on the Donets River, NE of Donetsk.
- local sign — the information from a receptor in the eye or the skin signifying respectively a direction in space or a given point on the body
- localising — Present participle of localise.
- loincloths — Plural form of loincloth.
- long since — for a long time now
- longicorns — Plural form of longicorn.
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- luminesced — Simple past tense and past participle of luminesce.
- luminesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luminesce.