9-letter words containing c, o, i, s
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- autecious — autoecious
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autoicous — (of plants, esp mosses) having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- balsamico — Balsamic vinegar.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- bibacious — tending to drink in excess
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- biocenose — a situation in which organisms live together in mutual dependence
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin
- bionomics — ecology (sense 1)
- bioscopic — examination of a body to discover whether or not it is alive.
- biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
- bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- boxercise — a system of sustained exercises combining boxing movements with aerobic activities
- broccolis — a form of a cultivated cruciferous plant, Brassica oleracea botrytis, whose leafy stalks and clusters of usually green buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- c-section — A C-section is the same as a Caesarean.
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callosity — hardheartedness
- camisoles — Plural form of camisole.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- canoeists — Plural form of canoeist.
- canonicus — c1565–1647, Narragansett leader: yielded Rhode Island to Roger Williams 1636.
- canonised — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canonize.
- canonries — Plural form of canonry.
- canonship — the position or office of canon; canonry.
- cantonise — divide into cantons
- capacious — Something that is capacious has a lot of space to put things in.
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- cariosity — (medicine) caries.
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.