12-letter words containing i, c, o, s, t, e
- book society — book club.
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
- casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celtic cross — a Latin cross with a broad ring surrounding the point of intersection
- cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
- cessationist — One who subscribes to cessationism.
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chemiosmotic — relating to the process of chemiosmosis
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chocolatiers — Plural form of chocolatier.
- choirmasters — Plural form of choirmaster.
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- christophene — chayote.
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
- cleptobiosis — an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.
- clerestories — Plural form of clerestory.
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- clinozoisite — a monoclinic mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, a variety of epidote, dimorphous with zoisite.
- cloisterless — a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- close stitch — buttonhole stitch.
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
- clothes-line — a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.