11-letter words containing c, i, s, m
- centrosomic — Relating to the centrosome.
- ceramicists — Plural form of ceramicist.
- cerebralism — the theory that physical phenomena arise from the action of the brain
- ceremonials — Plural form of ceremonial.
- ceremonious — especially or excessively polite or formal
- chain-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
- champerties — Plural form of champerty.
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- championess — a female champion
- charchemish — an ancient city in S Turkey, on the upper Euphrates: important city in the Mitanni kingdom; later the capital of the Hittite empire.
- charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
- charismatic — A charismatic person attracts, influences, and inspires people by their personal qualities.
- chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
- chasmogamic — relating or pertaining to chasmogamy
- cheese mite — a white soft-bodied free-living mite, Tyrophagus (or Tyroglyphus) longior, sometimes found in decaying cheese
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- chemisettes — Plural form of chemisette.
- chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
- chemistries — Plural form of chemistry.
- chemosmosis — chemical action between substances that are separated by a semipermeable membrane
- cherishment — the act or process of cherishing
- chiasmatypy — the process of chiasma formation, which is the basis for crossing over.
- chimpanzees — Plural form of chimpanzee.
- chironomids — Plural form of chironomid.
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
- chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
- chrismatory — a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
- christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
- christmassy — Something that is Christmassy is typical of or suitable for Christmas.
- christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- chymiferous — containing chyme
- cinemagoers — Plural form of cinemagoer.
- cinemascope — an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses
- circumbasal — surrounding the base.
- circumburst — (physics, astronomy) Surrounding a burst.
- circumcised — (of an man) Having had the foreskin of the penis excised.
- circumciser — to remove the prepuce of (a male), especially as a religious rite.
- circumcises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumcise.
- circumfused — Simple past tense and past participle of circumfuse.
- circumfuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumfuse.
- circumsolar — surrounding or rotating around the sun
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- circumvents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent.
- clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
- classicisms — Plural form of classicism.
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- clementines — an official compilation of decretals named after Clement V and issued in 1317 which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- clericalism — a policy of upholding the power of the clergy