9-letter words containing m, i, s, c
- crimsoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.
- criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
- crocosmia — any plant of the cormous S. African genus Crocosmia, including the plant known to gardeners as montbretia: family Iridaceae
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- crotonism — poisoning by ingestion of croton oil, characterized by burning of the mouth, severe diarrhea, and colic, with possible death from respiratory or circulatory failure.
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crummiest — Superlative form of crummy.
- curialism — the doctrine and methods of the ultramontane party in the Roman Catholic Church
- cusimanse — A small mongoose, of genus Crossarchus, native to West Africa.
- customise — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customize — If you customize something, you change its appearance or features to suit your tastes or needs.
- cyclicism — the property of being cyclic
- cymbalist — A musician who plays the cymbals.
- cynicisms — Plural form of cynicism.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- cystidium — (in certain basidiomycetous fungi) one of the large, inflated, sterile cells growing between the basidia and usually projecting beyond them.
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- dalmatics — Plural form of dalmatic.
- decemvirs — a member of a permanent board or a special commission of ten members in ancient Rome, especially the commission that drew up Rome's first code of law.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimate.
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- diastemic — a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort
- dichroism — a property of a uniaxial crystal, such as tourmaline, of showing a perceptible difference in colour when viewed along two different axes in transmitted white light
- dicrotism — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- disc film — film used in a disc camera.
- disciform — resembling the shape of a disc
- disclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disclaim.
- disclimax — a stable community that has replaced the normal climax in a given area, owing to disturbance by humans or domestic animals.
- discomfit — to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
- discommon — (at Oxford and Cambridge) to prohibit (tradespeople or townspeople who have violated the regulations of the university) from dealing with the undergraduates.
- discotomy — (surgery) alternative spelling of discectomy.
- discumber — (archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
- dogmatics — the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.
- domestics — Plural form of domestic.
- domiciles — Plural form of domicile.
- dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
- drumstick — a stick for beating a drum.
- dulcimers — Plural form of dulcimer.
- dysthymic — A person diagnosed with dysthymia, or dysthymic depression.
- eclampsia — a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by albuminuria, hypertension, and convulsions.
- ecologism — An ideology focusing on ecology and the environment.
- economics — (used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
- economies — Plural form of economy.
- economise — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
- economism — the theory or practice of assigning primary importance to the economy or to economic achievement.
- economist — a specialist in economics.
- ecumenics — the study of the Christian church in its aspect as a worldwide Christian community.