10-letter words containing i, s, o, e
- chamomiles — Plural form of chamomile.
- chelonians — Plural form of chelonian.
- chemokines — Plural form of chemokine.
- chemotaxis — the movement of a microorganism or cell in response to a chemical stimulus
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- choiceless — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- choiceness — The condition of being choice.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- choosiness — The state of being choosy.
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choristers — Plural form of chorister.
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
- chronicles — either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- cienfuegos — a port in S Cuba, on Cienfuegos Bay. Pop: 147 000 (2005 est)
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- cis person — a person who is cisgender or cissexual.
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- cispontine — on the near side of the bridge
- cistaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cistaceae, a family of shrubby or herbaceous plants that includes the rockroses
- clingstone — a fruit, such as certain peaches, in which the flesh tends to adhere to the stone
- clinkstone — a variety of phonolite that makes a metallic sound when struck
- clitorises — the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- clogginess — The state or quality of being cloggy.
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloisterer — a person who lives in a cloister
- cloistress — a nun
- close with — to engage in battle with an enemy
- close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- clottiness — the condition of being clotty
- cloudiness — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- coalescing — Present participle of coalesce.
- coalfields — Plural form of coalfield.
- coarsening — Present participle of coarsen.
- coasterize — to ruin (a CD), esp while attempting to burn music, etc on to it, thus rendering it useful only as a drinks coaster
- coastlines — Plural form of coastline.
- cobwebsite — (jargon, web) A website that hasn't been updated for a long time. A dead web page.
- coccineous — bright red
- cockatiels — Plural form of cockatiel.
- cockneyism — a characteristic of speech or custom peculiar to cockneys
- cocksiness — the state of being cocksy
- coconspire — (intransitive) To conspire together with.
- codeswitch — Alternative form of code-switch.
- codiscover — to discover jointly
- coexistent — Existing at the same time as something else.