12-letter words containing c, i, s, e
- americanisms — a custom, trait, belief, etc., peculiar to the United States of America or its citizens.
- americanness — of or relating to the United States of America or its inhabitants: an American citizen.
- amicableness — The state or quality of being amicable.
- amnioscopies — Plural form of amnioscopy.
- amphicoelous — (of the vertebrae of most fishes and some amphibians) concave at the anterior and posterior ends
- anaesthetics — the science, study, and practice of anaesthesia and its application
- anapaestical — belonging to the form of poetry which uses a reversed dactyl consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anelasticity — the property of a substance which has a disproportionate relationship between stress and strain
- aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
- anti-science — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- anti-semitic — Someone or something that is anti-Semitic is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
- anticatalase — a substance that inhibits the enzymatic action of a catalase.
- anticathexis — a change from one emotion to its opposite, as from hate to love.
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antichthones — the antipodes
- anticlimaxes — Plural form of anticlimax.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- anticyclones — Plural form of anticyclone.
- antihysteric — acting to counter hysteria
- antinucleons — Plural form of antinucleon.
- antipyretics — Plural form of antipyretic.
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- antitheistic — opposed to belief in god or gods
- anuszkiewicz — Richard Joseph, born 1930, U.S. op-art painter.
- apothecaries — Plural form of apothecary.
- appendencies — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendicitis — Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.
- appreciators — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- aquaintances — Plural form of aquaintance.
- archdiocesan — Relating to an archdiocese.
- archdioceses — Plural form of archdiocese.
- archeologist — archaeology.
- archerfishes — Plural form of archerfish.
- archesporial — the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
- archesporium — archespore.
- archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
- archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
- archive site — (networking) (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, web or other document distribution system. There may be several archive sites (mirrors) for, e.g., a Usenet newsgroup though one may be recognised as the main one. FTP servers were common on the Internet for about ten years but have been largely replaced by web servers since the invention of the World-Wide Web and its HTTP protocol. Some well-known archive sites included Imperial College, UK, UUNET, USA, GNU archive site. The archie service attempted to index the contents of FTP archives, foreshadowing the indexing of the web by Google and others.
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
- arsenic acid — a white poisonous soluble crystalline solid used in the manufacture of arsenates and insecticides. Formula: H3AsO4
- ascensionist — a person who has completed a mountain ascent, esp a notable one
- ascertaining — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- asclepiadean — of or relating to a type of classical verse line consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambs, and an iamb
- asking price — The asking price of something is the price which the person selling it says that they want for it, although they may accept less.
- aspect ratio — the ratio of width to height of the picture on a television or cinema screen
- assay office — an organization that assays and monitors the purity of precious metals in a particular country
- assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
- astigmoscope — astigmatoscope.