11-letter words containing c, i, s, t
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- horoscopist — One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hucksterish — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hyperscript — Informix. The object-based programming language for Wingz, used for creating charts, graphs, graphics, and customised data entry.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- hyperstrict — A function which is hyperstrict in some argument will fully evaluate that argument. To fully evaluate an object, evaluate it to WHNF and if it is a constructed data object (e.g. a list or tuple) then fully evaluate every component and so on recursively. Thus a hyperstrict function will fail to terminate if its argument or any component or sub-component of its argument fails to terminate (i.e. if its argument is not "total").
- hypnotistic — of or relating to a hypnotist
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypoosmotic — Hypotonic.
- hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- ice station — a camp or base in an isolated part of the Arctic or Antarctic, manned by specialists to monitor the weather, geological formations, wildlife, etc.
- ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
- ichthyopsid — relating to the class Ichthyopsida, which contains amphibians, fishes, and fish-like vertebrates
- ichthyornis — an extinct genus of toothed birds having vertebrae resembling those of fishes.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- iconoclasts — Plural form of iconoclast.
- iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
- iconostasis — a partition or screen on which icons are placed, separating the sanctuary from the main part of the church.
- icteritious — jaundiced; yellow
- ignosticism — The philosophical position that beliefs regarding the existence or non-existence of God (capitalized) all assume too much, especially because there is not just one universal definition of the word
- ileocolitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the ileum and colon.
- ill effects — If something has ill effects, it causes problems or damage.
- illicitness — not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
- importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- in articles — formerly, undergoing training, according to the terms of a written contract, in the legal profession
- in contrast — If one thing is in contrast to another, it is very different from it.
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- in prospect — expected, predicted
- in stitches — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- inactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inactivate.
- incalescent — increasing in heat or ardor.
- incanescent — (dated) Becoming hoary or grey; canescent.
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- incensation — (Roman Catholic Church) The offering of incense.
- incensement — to inflame with wrath; make angry; enrage.
- incentivise — (transitive, British spelling) To provide with an incentive. (from 20th c.).
- incessantly — continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.
- incidentals — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.