12-letter words containing s, c, i, u
- chance music — aleatory music.
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- charcuteries — Plural form of charcuterie.
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- chauvinistic — If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- chiliburgers — Plural form of chiliburger.
- chilli sauce — a highly seasoned sauce made of tomatoes cooked with chilli and other spices and seasonings
- chinese burn — a minor torture inflicted by twisting the skin of a person's wrist or arm in two different directions simultaneously
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chivalrously — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- christchurch — a city in New Zealand, on E South Island: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; suffered major damage and loss of life in a series of earthquakes in 2010–11. Pop: 366 000 (2013 est)
- chromiferous — Containing, or yielding chromium.
- churlishness — The state of being churlish.
- cichoraceous — relating to plants of the sub-order Cichoraceae
- 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
- circuitously — roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
- circular saw — A circular saw is a round metal disk with a sharp edge which is used for cutting wood and other materials.
- circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
- circularises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circularise.
- circularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circularize.
- circularness — The state or quality of being circular.
- circulations — Plural form of circulation.
- circumcising — Present participle of circumcise.
- circumcision — surgical removal of the foreskin of males
- circumflexes — Plural form of circumflex.
- circumfluous — flowing all around
- circumfusile — able to be diffused or poured around
- circumfusing — Present participle of circumfuse.
- circumfusion — to pour around; diffuse.
- circumradius — the radius of the circle circumscribed around a triangle.
- circumscribe — If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- circumscript — Rare. limited or confined.
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- circus catch — a spectacular or difficult catch, esp. one made by a fielder in baseball or a receiver in football
- cirrocumulus — a high cloud of ice crystals grouped into small separate globular masses, usually occurring above 6000 metres (20 000 feet)
- cirrostratus — a uniform layer of cloud above about 6000 metres (20 000 feet)
- cirrus logic — (company) A manufacturer of integrated circuits including the Advanced RISC Machine and display interface processors and cards for use as Windows accelerators (requiring dedicated driver software).
- citrus fruit — any fruit belonging to the genus Citrus
- 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.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- cliquishness — The state of being cliquish.
- closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
- colour slide — a colour transparency