10-letter words containing c, u, i, s
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- cellulitis — inflammation of any of the tissues of the body, characterized by fever, pain, swelling, and redness of the affected area
- cellulosic — of or made from cellulose
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceriferous — producing or bearing wax
- certitudes — Plural form of certitude.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- cesium 137 — the radioactive cesium isotope with mass number 137 and a half-life of 33 years: used for gamma irradiation of certain foods and for radiation therapy.
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- chelyuskin — Capenorthernmost point of Asia, on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chihuahuas — Plural form of chihuahua.
- chikamatsu — Monzaemon [mawn-zah-e-mawn] /ˈmɔn zɑ ɛˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1724, Japanese playwright.
- chin music — bowling or pitching aimed at the batsman or batter's head
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chrysippus — 280–209? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- chubbiness — round and plump: a chubby child; a chubby face.
- chuffiness — the quality of being chuffy; boorishness
- chumminess — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chunkiness — The state of being chunky.
- churlishly — In a churlish manner.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- cienfuegos — a port in S Cuba, on Cienfuegos Bay. Pop: 147 000 (2005 est)
- circuities — Plural form of circuity.
- circuitous — A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct.
- circulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate.
- circumcise — If a boy or man is circumcised, the loose skin at the end of his penis is cut off.
- circumfuse — to pour or spread (a liquid, powder, etc) around
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- cistaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cistaceae, a family of shrubby or herbaceous plants that includes the rockroses
- claudius i — 10 b.c.–a.d. 54, Roman emperor a.d. 41–54.
- clausewitz — Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
- cliquishly — In a cliquish manner.
- cloudiness — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- clubbiness — the state of being clubby
- clumsiness — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- clustering — cluster
- co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
- coccineous — bright red
- coiffeuses — Plural form of coiffeuse.
- coiffurist — a person who styles hair, especially for women.
- coinsuring — Present participle of coinsure.
- colchicums — Plural form of colchicum.