12-letter words containing c, i, s, e
- criticalness — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- criticisable — Alternative form of criticizable.
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- cross-linker — a substance or agent, such as radiation, that induces the formation of cross-links.
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallites — Plural form of crystallite.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- crystallizer — A crystallizer is a vessel or stage in which a crystal grows from a liquid.
- crystallizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystallize.
- cub mistress — a woman who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curb service — service, for example, from a restaurant to customers in vehicles parked at the curb
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- cyberfriends — Plural form of cyberfriend.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- cyclogenesis — the formation and development of a low-pressure storm system
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- cypress pine — any coniferous tree of the Australian genus Callitrus, having leaves in whorls and yielding valuable timber: family Cupressaceae
- cypress vine — a tropical American convolvulaceous climbing plant, Ipomoea pennata, having finely divided compound leaves and scarlet or white tubular flowers
- cystectomies — Plural form of cystectomy.
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- cystostomies — Plural form of cystostomy.
- cytogenetics — the branch of genetics that correlates the structure, number, and behaviour of chromosomes with heredity and variation
- cytokinetics — (biology) The study of cytokinesis.
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- de-accession — to remove (an item) from a museum or library collection preparatory to selling it
- de-licensing — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debt service — the amount set aside annually in a fund to pay the interest and the part of the principal due on a debt.