8-letter words containing c, i, s
- blockish — lacking vivacity or imagination; stupid
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- brassica — Brassicas are vegetables such as cabbages, broccoli and turnips.
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- buckskin — Buckskin is soft, strong leather made from the skin of a deer or a goat.
- bucolics — a pastoral poem.
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- c (ansi) — ANSI C
- cabalism — a mystical philosophical doctrine based on the doctrines of the cabala
- cabalist — a member of a cabal.
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- caciques — Plural form of cacique.
- caddised — trimmed with caddis
- caecitis — an inflammation of the caecum
- caesious — having a waxy bluish-grey coating
- caesuric — caesural
- caffeism — a morbid condition caused by excessive caffeine intake
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- caiaphas — the high priest at the beginning of John the Baptist's preaching and during the trial of Jesus (Luke 3:2; Matthew 26)
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- caissons — Plural form of caisson.
- caitiffs — Plural form of caitiff.
- cakiness — the state of being cakey
- calfskin — Calfskin shoes and clothing are made from the skin of a calf.
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- caliches — Plural form of caliche.
- calicoes — Plural form of calico.
- calipash — the greenish glutinous edible part of the turtle found next to the upper shell, considered a delicacy
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- calippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calisaya — the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted
- calixtus — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- callings — Plural form of calling.
- callisto — a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- camassia — Any of the genus Camassia of flowering plants, the camases.
- cambists — Plural form of cambist.
- cambiums — Plural form of cambium.
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.
- camelish — similar to a camel
- camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
- camisard — any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campinas — a city in SE Brazil, in São Paulo state: centre of a rich agricultural region, producing esp coffee. Pop: 2 640 000 (2005 est)
- campions — Plural form of campion.