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9-letter words containing c, i, s, o

  • caryopsis — a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
  • caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
  • cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
  • cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
  • cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
  • cast-iron — made of cast iron.
  • castroism — the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
  • castroist — of or relating to the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
  • catholics — Plural form of Catholic.
  • caucasoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to the lighter-complexioned supposed racial group of mankind, which includes the peoples indigenous to Europe, N Africa, SW Asia, and the Indian subcontinent and their descendants in other parts of the world
  • caudillos — Plural form of caudillo.
  • causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
  • cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
  • cenobites — Plural form of cenobite.
  • censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
  • censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
  • censoring — any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
  • centesimo — a former monetary unit of Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican City worth one hundredth of a lira
  • centroids — Plural form of centroid.
  • certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
  • cespitose — growing in dense, matlike clumps without creeping stems, as moss, grass, etc.
  • cespitous — Turfy; resembling turf.
  • cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
  • chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
  • champions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion.
  • charolais — a breed of large white beef cattle that originated in France
  • cheilosis — Inflammation of one or both of the corners of the mouth.
  • chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
  • chi meson — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
  • chilidogs — Plural form of chilidog.
  • chilopods — Plural form of chilopod.
  • chip shop — A chip shop is a shop which sells hot food such as fish and chips, fried chicken, sausages, and meat pies. The food is cooked in the shop and people take it away to eat at home or in the street.
  • chip shot — a short approach shot to the green, esp one that is lofted
  • chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
  • chisimaio — a port in S Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. Pop: reliable recent estimates are not available
  • chitinous — a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
  • chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
  • chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
  • chlorosis — a disorder, formerly common in adolescent girls, characterized by pale greenish-yellow skin, weakness, and palpitation and caused by insufficient iron in the body
  • choirboys — Plural form of choirboy.
  • chopstick — Chopsticks are a pair of thin sticks which people in China and the Far East use to eat their food.
  • choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
  • chordwise — in the direction of an aerofoil chord
  • choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
  • chorister — A chorister is a singer in a church choir.
  • chorusing — Present participle of chorus.
  • christoff — Boris. 1919–93, Bulgarian bass-baritone, noted esp for his performance in the title role of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
  • cilicious — made of hair
  • cimbaloms — Plural form of cimbalom.
  • cinchonas — Plural form of cinchona.
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