9-letter words containing i, n, s, c, a
- anticosti — an island of E Canada, in the Gulf of St Lawrence; part of Quebec. Area: 7881 sq km (3043 sq miles)
- antimusic — any form of music intended to overthrow traditional conventions and expectations
- antiochus — name of thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty of Syria
- antiscian — relating to a person living on the other side of the equator at the same meridian
- antishock — designed to reduce the force of impact
- antistick — acting to prevent adhesion
- apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- arsenical — of or containing arsenic
- ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
- ascension — In some religions, when someone goes to heaven, you can refer to their ascension to heaven.
- ascensive — having the propensity to move in an upwards direction
- ascertain — If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- ascidians — Plural form of ascidian.
- ascogonia — Plural form of ascogonium.
- ascribing — Present participle of ascribe.
- asemantic — not semantic
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- audiences — the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
- auspicing — (AU) administration of a grant by one group on behalf of another.
- backswing — the movement of a club, bat, or racket backwards, away from the intended point of contact, in preparation for making a stroke
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- basicness — Quality or degree of being basic.
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- brainsick — relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- cagelings — Plural form of cageling.
- caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
- calfskins — Plural form of calfskin.
- call sign — A call sign is the letters and numbers which identify a person, vehicle, or organization that is broadcasting on the radio or sending messages by radio.
- callusing — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvinism — the theological system of John Calvin and his followers, characterized by emphasis on the doctrines of predestination, the irresistibility of grace, and justification by faith
- calvinist — Calvinist means belonging or relating to a strict Protestant church started by John Calvin.
- campaigns — Plural form of campaign.
- campanist — an expert on bells
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- campiness — the quality of being campy
- canadiens — Alternative spelling of Canadiens.
- canalised — to make a canal or canals through.
- canalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canalize.
- canistels — Plural form of canistel.
- canisters — Plural form of canister.
- canneries — Plural form of cannery.