10-letter words containing c, o, i, s
- involucres — Plural form of involucre.
- ipso facto — by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed: to be condemned ipso facto.
- iridaceous — belonging to the Iridaceae family of plants.
- iron cross — a German medal awarded for outstanding bravery or service during wartime.
- isacoustic — of or relating to two sounds of equal intensity.
- isagogical — Alternative form of isagogic.
- isentropic — having a constant entropy.
- iso pascal — A Lex scanner and Yacc parser are in the comp.sources.unix volume 13 archive.
- isobutyric — Of or pertaining to isobutyric acid or its derivatives.
- isocaloric — Having the same calorific value.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isochasmic — (of a line on a map) bounding areas of equal auroral frequency
- isocheimic — isocheimal
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- isochronon — A clock designed to keep very accurate time.
- isochroous — having the same color throughout.
- isoclinals — Plural form of isoclinal.
- isocyanate — a salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
- isocyanide — a compound containing an isocyano group.
- isocyanine — a member of the group of cyanine dyes.
- isodynamic — pertaining to or characterized by equality of force, intensity, or the like.
- isoelastic — noting or pertaining to a substance or system exhibiting uniform elasticity throughout.
- isogenetic — isogenous
- isoglossic — Relating to an isogloss.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isokinetic — (biophysics) Relating to the force that a muscle applies during a limb movement at constant velocity.
- isoleucine — a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 13 O 2 , occurring in proteins, that is essential to the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: I. Abbreviation: Ile;
- isometrics — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isomorphic — Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- isopiestic — of or noting equal pressure; isobaric.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- isoseismic — noting or pertaining to equal intensity of earthquake shock.
- isostatics — Plural form of isostatic.
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- jacksonian — of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him: Jacksonian democracy.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jacob riis — Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- jacobinism — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jeistiecor — a tight-fitting garment
- jingoistic — the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
- jockeyship — the art or skill of a jockey
- jocosities — Plural form of jocosity.
- joss stick — a slender stick of a dried, fragrant paste, burned by the Chinese as incense before a joss.
- jouissance — Physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy.
- kenoticist — someone who believes in or supports the idea of kenosis
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kicksorter — a multichannel pulse-height analyser used esp to distinguish between isotopes by sorting their characteristic pulses (kicks)
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.