9-letter words containing s, c, i, a
- casualism — the doctrine that the existence and occurrence of everything is controlled by chance
- casualize — If a business casualizes its employees or casualizes their labour, it replaces employees with permanent contracts and full rights with employees with temporary contracts and few rights.
- casuarina — any tree of the genus Casuarina, of Australia and the East Indies, having jointed leafless branchlets: family Casuarinaceae
- casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- catabasis — a descent or downward movement
- catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
- catalysis — Catalysis is the speeding up of a chemical reaction by adding a catalyst to it.
- catamites — Plural form of catamite.
- catchiest — Superlative form of catchy.
- catechise — to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
- catechism — In a Catholic, Episcopal, or Orthodox Church, the catechism is a series of questions and answers about religious beliefs, which has to be learned by people before they can become full members of that Church.
- catechist — a person who catechizes, esp. one who instructs catechumens
- catfights — Plural form of catfight.
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfishes — Plural form of catfish.
- catharise — purify
- catharsis — Catharsis is getting rid of unhappy memories or strong emotions such as anger or sadness by expressing them in some way.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- catholics — Plural form of Catholic.
- catstitch — catch stitch.
- catteries — Plural form of cattery.
- cattiness — catlike; feline.
- cattishly — In a cattish manner.
- caucasian — A Caucasian person is a white person.
- caucasoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to the lighter-complexioned supposed racial group of mankind, which includes the peoples indigenous to Europe, N Africa, SW Asia, and the Indian subcontinent and their descendants in other parts of the world
- caucusing — Present participle of caucus.
- caudillos — Plural form of caudillo.
- causalgia — a burning sensation along the course of a peripheral nerve together with local changes in the appearance of the skin
- causalgic — relating to pain of the nerves
- causality — Causality is the relationship of cause and effect.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- causative — Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
- causeries — Plural form of causerie.
- cauteries — Plural form of cautery.
- cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cavatinas — Plural form of cavatina.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- ceasefire — A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
- celestial — of or in the sky or universe, as planets or stars
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- ceramides — Plural form of ceramide.