8-letter words containing m, i, s
- camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
- camisard — any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campinas — a city in SE Brazil, in São Paulo state: centre of a rich agricultural region, producing esp coffee. Pop: 2 640 000 (2005 est)
- campions — Plural form of campion.
- campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
- caodaism — an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
- capsicum — Capsicums are peppers.
- casimere — cassimere
- casteism — the belief in, and adherence to, the caste system
- cathisma — a short hymn used as a response
- centimes — Plural form of centime.
- centimos — Plural form of centimo.
- centrism — (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- ceramics — the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc
- ceramist — a person who works in ceramics; ceramic artist
- chamisal — a thicket or overgrowth of chamiso
- chamisos — Plural form of chamiso.
- charisma — You say that someone has charisma when they can attract, influence, and inspire people by their personal qualities.
- charisms — Plural form of charism.
- chartism — the principles of the reform movement in Britain from 1838 to 1848, which included manhood suffrage, payment of Members of Parliament, equal electoral districts, annual parliaments, voting by ballot, and the abolition of property qualifications for MPs
- chasidim — Hasidim
- chemises — Plural form of chemise.
- chemists — Plural form of chemist.
- chemosis — (medicine) A chemically-induced swelling of the mucous membrane of the eye.
- cheremis — Mari.
- chiasmas — Plural form of chiasma.
- chiasmic — Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- chiasmus — reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases
- chiliasm — belief in the coming of the millennium
- chillums — Plural form of chillum.
- chimeras — Plural form of chimera.
- chimeres — Plural form of chimere.
- chimneys — Plural form of chimney.
- chisholm — Shirley (Anita St. Hill) 1924–2005, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1969–83; first black woman elected to the House of Representatives.
- chosisme — a writing style in which plot and characterization are de-emphasized and people, events, and setting are recorded as though seen by the author through the lens of a camera.
- chrismal — Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
- chrismon — the monogram and symbol of Christ's name, also known as chi-rho, derived from the initial two letters of the word Christ in Greek
- chrisoms — Plural form of chrisom.
- chromism — Chromatism.
- chumship — friendship
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- cis male — a person who was born male and whose gender identity is male.
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- citicism — The manners of a cit or citizen.
- civicism — the principle of civil government
- classism — the belief that people from certain social or economic classes are superior to others
- clematis — A clematis is a type of flowering shrub which can be grown to climb up walls or fences. There are many different varieties of clematis.