11-letter words containing c, i, s, e
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- candidacies — Plural form of candidacy.
- candidiases — Plural form of candidiasis.
- candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
- canisterise — to put into canisters
- canisterize — to put into canisters
- cannibalise — to subject to cannibalism.
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- capacitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capacitate.
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- capillaries — pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
- capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitalize.
- capitulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate.
- capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- carabineers — Plural form of carabineer.
- carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
- caramelizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caramelize.
- carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- caressively — caressingly
- caricatures — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- carniferous — bearing flesh.
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- carsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the car in which one is traveling.
- cartularies — Plural form of cartulary.
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- case ending — a suffix on an inflected noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function.
- casein glue — a glue made from casein, used for plywood, cabinetwork, etc.
- caseinogens — Plural form of caseinogen.
- cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
- caspian sea — a salt lake between SE Europe and Asia: the largest inland sea in the world; fed mainly by the River Volga. Area: 394 299 sq km (152 239 sq miles)
- cassiterite — a black or brown mineral, found in igneous rocks and hydrothermal veins. It is a source of tin. Composition: tin oxide. Formula: SnO2. Crystal structure: tetragonal
- cassowaries — Plural form of cassowary.
- castanetist — One who plays the castanet.
- castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
- casus belli — an event or act used to justify a war
- catabolites — Plural form of catabolite.
- catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
- catagenesis — the retrogressive evolution of a species. Compare anagenesis (def 1).
- catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
- catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
- catechetics — the branch of theology that deals with catechesis
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
- catechistic — a person who catechizes.