9-letter words containing s, i, t, u
- busticate — to break
- bustiness — the state of being busty
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- buteshire — (until 1975) a county of SW Scotland, consisting of islands in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Sound: formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute council area
- buttinski — a person who interferes in the affairs of others; meddler.
- buttinsky — a busybody
- casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- 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.
- 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
- ceintures — cincture (defs 1, 2).
- celsitude — the position or stance of dignity or loftiness
- centuries — Plural form of century.
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- cerussite — a usually white mineral, found in veins. It is a source of lead. Composition: lead carbonate. Formula: PbCO3. Crystal structure: orthorhombic
- cespitous — Turfy; resembling turf.
- cgs units — a metric system of units based on the centimetre, gram, and second. For scientific and technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- chitinous — a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- chubbiest — Superlative form of chubby.
- cinctures — Plural form of cincture.
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- clumsiest — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- colourist — A colourist is someone such as an artist or a fashion designer who uses colours in an interesting and original way.
- columnist — A columnist is a journalist who regularly writes a particular kind of article in a newspaper or magazine.
- comitatus — a retinue of warriors serving a leader, esp in pre-Christian Germanic cultures, such as Anglo-Saxon England and Viking Age Scandinavia
- communist — A communist is someone who believes in communism.
- computist — a person who computes
- continues — to go on after suspension or interruption: The program continued after an intermission.
- continuos — a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- contusing — Present participle of contuse.
- contusion — A contusion is a bruise.
- contusive — to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- cost unit — a quantity or unit of a product or service whose cost is computed, used as a standard for comparison with other costs.
- costumier — A costumier is a person or company that makes or supplies costumes.
- costuming — a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- coupstick — (historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
- courtesie — Obsolete spelling of courtesy.
- courtiers — a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- courtside — the area closest to the court
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.