9-letter words containing c, s, i, r, o
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- hickories — Plural form of hickory.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- hircosity — the quality of being like a goat
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- idiocrasy — idiosyncrasy.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- in escrow — a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
- incensory — Thurible, censer.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- inclosers — Plural form of incloser.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- incoterms — Plural form of incoterm.
- incrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of incross.
- incrosses — Plural form of incross.
- incurious — not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
- incursion — a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid: The bandits made brief incursions on the village.
- inductors — Plural form of inductor.
- infectors — Plural form of infector.
- injectors — Plural form of injector.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- intercoms — Plural form of intercom.
- iron-sick — noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- isocarpic — having carpels equal in number to the other floral parts.
- isochoric — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- isocratic — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- isohydric — having the same acidity or hydrogen-ion concentration
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isosteric — Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- isotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- ludicrous — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mediocris — (of a cumulus cloud) of medium height and often lacking a distinctive summit.
- meroistic — (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- microbots — Plural form of microbot.
- microcosm — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).