11-letter words containing s, i, c, a
- criminalese — the jargon of criminals
- criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
- criminalist — a person who collects and analyses forensic evidence from the scene of a crime
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- criticaster — a lowly or petty critic
- cross hairs — crossed lines, as of fine hair or cobweb, mounted in the optical system of a telescopic gun sight, surveyor's level, etc., to assist in precise aiming or centering of the instrument
- cross ratio — a ratio relating four points in the real or complex plane.
- cross-train — to train (a worker, athlete, etc.) to be proficient at different, usually related, skills, tasks, jobs, etc.
- crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
- crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
- crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
- crystalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystalize.
- crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
- crystallise — to form into crystals; cause to assume crystalline form.
- crystallite — any of the minute rudimentary or imperfect crystals occurring in many glassy rocks
- crystallize — If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- cuirassiers — Plural form of cuirassier.
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- culturalism — A belief system that emphasizes the role of culture.
- cunctatious — addicted to or prone to cunctation
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curia regis — (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government
- curialistic — of or relating to curialism or curialists
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- cutlassfish — any of a family (Trichiuridae) of very long, thin percoid fishes with a wide mouth and sharp, pointed teeth, found near the surface in tropical seas
- cynicalness — The state or quality of being cynical.
- cytoclastic — destructive to cells.
- cytoplasmic — the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles.
- cytostatics — Plural form of cytostatic.
- daisy chain — A daisy chain is a string of daisies that have been joined together by their stems to make a necklace.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- deaccession — to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, especially with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works.
- deactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deactivate.
- decalcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decalcify.
- decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- decimalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimalize.