11-letter words containing i, c, s
- cataclysmic — A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
- catagenesis — the retrogressive evolution of a species. Compare anagenesis (def 1).
- cataglottis — A passionate kiss which involves the touching of the tongues of the two people involved.
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
- catch basin — a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed
- catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
- catechetics — the branch of theology that deals with catechesis
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
- catechistic — a person who catechizes.
- categorised — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizes — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- catholicism — Catholicism is the traditions, the behaviour, and the set of Christian beliefs that are held by Catholics.
- catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- cattishness — The property of being cattish.
- caudillismo — a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo
- caulicolous — living or growing on other plants' stems
- cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
- causability — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- causalities — the relation of cause and effect: The result is the same, however differently the causality is interpreted.
- causational — the action of causing or producing.
- causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- caustically — capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
- causticness — The state or quality of being caustic.
- cavalierish — like a cavalier
- cavalierism — the principles or practice of cavaliers
- cecostomies — Plural form of cecostomy.
- ceilometers — Plural form of ceilometer.
- celebrities — Plural form of celebrity.
- celestially — pertaining to the sky or visible heaven, or to the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere, as in celestial body.
- celestine i — Saint, died a.d. 432, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 422–432.
- celestine v — Saint (Pietro di Murrone or Morone) 1215–96, Italian ascetic: pope 1294.
- cell fusion — the merging of two or more cells into a single cell.
- celliferous — making or bearing cells
- cenesthesia — the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well-being or illness
- cenogenesis — the development of structures in the embryonic or larval stage of an organism that are adaptive and do not appear in the evolutionary history of its group
- cenospecies — a species related to another by the ability to interbreed
- centenaries — Plural form of centenary.
- centennials — Plural form of centennial.
- centerlines — Plural form of centerline.
- centilitres — Plural form of centilitre.
- centimeters — one 100th of a meter, equivalent to 0.3937 inch. Abbreviation: cm, cm.
- centimetres — Plural form of centimetre.
- centipoises — Plural form of centipoise.
- centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centralise.
- centralists — a centralizing system; centralization.
- centralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centralize.
- centrelines — Plural form of centreline.