12-letter words containing s, i, t, a
- caricaturist — A caricaturist is a person who shows other people in an exaggerated way in order to be humorous or critical, especially in drawings or cartoons.
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- castigations — Plural form of castigation.
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
- casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
- cat squirrel — the gray squirrel, as distinguished from the fox squirrel.
- catachrestic — Constituting or related to catachresis.
- catacoustics — the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes and reflected sounds
- catallactics — political economy
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- cataphysical — perverse; contrary to nature
- catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- catch stitch — a large cross-stitch used in finishing seams and in hemming.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- catheterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catheterize.
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- causationist — a person who believes in the theory of universal causation
- caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
- caustic soda — Caustic soda is a powerful chemical substance used to make strong soaps and clean drains.
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- centenarians — Plural form of centenarian.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- central asia — a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It includes the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and parts of Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, and southwestern Siberia.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- cerivastatin — A synthetic statin formerly used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease, later withdrawn due to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- certificates — Plural form of certificate.
- cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
- cessationist — One who subscribes to cessationism.
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chain stitch — an ornamental looped embroidery stitch resembling the links of a chain
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- characteries — Plural form of charactery.
- characterise — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- characterism — the description of character