8-letter words containing c, o, s, i
- cushions — Plural form of cushion.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cuspidor — spittoon
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- cyanosis — a bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood
- cycloids — Plural form of cycloid.
- cyclosis — the circulation of cytoplasm or cell organelles, such as food vacuoles in some protozoans
- cyrtosis — Pathology. any abnormal curvature of the spine or of the extremities.
- cytosine — a white crystalline pyrimidine occurring in nucleic acids; 6-amino-2-hydroxy pyrimidine. Formula: C4H5N3O
- decision — When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- dictions — style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.
- diecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- diestock — a frame for holding a number of standard threaded dies for cutting screw threads.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- dioceses — Plural form of diocese.
- dioecism — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- dioscuri — the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together
- disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- discolor — to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
- discords — Plural form of discord.
- discotic — (chemistry) Describing disc-shaped liquid crystals.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discrown — to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- disfrock — to unfrock.
- disvouch — to dissociate oneself from
- divorces — Plural form of divorce.
- docetism — an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- docetist — One who believes in docetism.
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- dockings — Plural form of docking.
- dockside — land or area adjoining a dock: We were at the dockside to greet them.
- dolichos — a genus of tropical vines
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domotics — Robotic technology for use in the home.
- dornicks — Plural form of dornick.
- dorticos — Osvaldo [aws-vahl-daw] /ɔsˈvɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado) 1919–83, Cuban lawyer and statesman: president 1959–76.
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- dysgonic — growing poorly on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to eugonic).
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonic — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopic — Dystopian.
- eclosion — the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- egoistic — Egoistical.