12-letter words containing i, t, n
- chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
- christenings — Plural form of christening.
- christian iv — 1577–1648, king of Denmark and Norway (1588–1648): defeated in the Thirty Years' War (1629) and by Sweden (1645)
- christian ix — 1818–1906, king of Denmark 1863–1906.
- christianise — to make Christian.
- christianism — the beliefs and practices of Christians.
- christianite — (mineral) alternative name of phillipsite.
- christianity — Christianity is a religion that is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the belief that he was the son of God.
- christianize — to make Christian or convert to Christianity
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- christophene — chayote.
- chronologist — a person versed in chronology.
- chronometric — of a chronometer or chronometry
- chronotropic — affecting the rate or timing of a physiologic process, as the heart rate.
- churchianity — loyalty to the church rather than Christianity
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- ciment fondu — a type of quick-hardening refractory cement having a high alumina content
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- cinder track — a racetrack covered with fine cinders
- cinematheque — a small intimate cinema
- cinematizing — Present participle of cinematize.
- 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
- cinque terre — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- circulations — Plural form of circulation.
- circumcenter — the center of a circumscribed circle; that point where any two perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a polygon inscribed in the circle intersect.
- circumcentre — the centre of a circumscribed circle
- circumfluent — flowing around; surrounding; encompassing
- circumjacent — surrounding; lying around
- circumnutate — to rotate slightly on a central axis
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- circumvented — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- circumventor — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- cirl bunting — a European passerine bird Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family Emberizidae
- citizen kane — an American film (1941), directed by and starring Orson Welles.
- citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
- citron melon — a kind of fruit with a hard white flesh, that grows on a variety of watermelon plant (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides): used only candied or preserved
- city chicken — pieces of pork or veal that are skewered and breaded, and cooked by braising or baking
- city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
- city council — a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
- city edition — an early edition of a daily newspaper on sale locally, usually a later edition than the one sent for out-of-town distribution.
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- civic center — In a city or town, a civic center is a building or buildings that contain local government offices and often recreational or cultural facilities for the public.
- civic centre — the public buildings of a town, including recreational facilities and offices of local administration
- civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
- civilisation — Alternative spelling of civilization.
- civilization — Civilization is the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life.
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.