9-letter words containing i, n, s, e, c
- confessio — (legal) A confession; A defense of one's faith, or a confession of guilt.
- confiseur — a confectioner
- congeries — a collection of objects or ideas; mass; heap
- connivers — to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- conscient — conscious
- conscribe — to conscript
- considers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consider.
- consigned — Simple past tense and past participle of consign.
- consignee — a person, agent, organization, etc, to which merchandise is consigned
- consigner — a person or company that consigns goods, merchandise, etc.
- consisted — to be made up or composed (usually followed by of): This cake consists mainly of sugar, flour, and butter.
- consocies — a natural community with a single dominant species
- conspired — Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.
- conspirer — to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal: They conspired to kill the king.
- conspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conspire.
- continues — to go on after suspension or interruption: The program continued after an intermission.
- contrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive.
- contusive — to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- convinces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convince.
- corkiness — the state of being corky
- corneitis — an inflammation of the cornea
- cornelius — a masculine name: fem. Cornelia
- cornetist — a person who plays the cornet
- corniches — Plural form of corniche.
- corniness — the quality of being corny
- corseting — Present participle of corset.
- cortisone — Cortisone is a hormone used in the treatment of arthritis, allergies, and some skin diseases.
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- cosmoline — a substance obtained from petroleum that is similar to petrolatum and is applied to machinery, esp vehicles or weapons, in order to prevent rust
- cosseting — to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- cousinage — a kinship or relationship
- coverings — Plural form of covering.
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- crepiness — the quality of being crepe-like in texture, esp in skin
- crestings — Plural form of cresting.
- cretinise — make (someone) a cretin
- cretinism — a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and learning difficulties
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- crimsoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.
- crispness — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- crossline — a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cuisinier — a cook; chef
- cultigens — Plural form of cultigen.
- culverins — Plural form of culverin.
- cunjevois — Plural form of cunjevoi.