10-letter words containing u, s, e, i
- cellulosic — of or made from cellulose
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceriferous — producing or bearing wax
- certitudes — Plural form of certitude.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- cesium 137 — the radioactive cesium isotope with mass number 137 and a half-life of 33 years: used for gamma irradiation of certain foods and for radiation therapy.
- chelyuskin — Capenorthernmost point of Asia, on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- chubbiness — round and plump: a chubby child; a chubby face.
- chuffiness — the quality of being chuffy; boorishness
- chumminess — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chunkiness — The state of being chunky.
- cienfuegos — a port in S Cuba, on Cienfuegos Bay. Pop: 147 000 (2005 est)
- circuities — Plural form of circuity.
- circulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate.
- circumcise — If a boy or man is circumcised, the loose skin at the end of his penis is cut off.
- circumfuse — to pour or spread (a liquid, powder, etc) around
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- cistaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cistaceae, a family of shrubby or herbaceous plants that includes the rockroses
- clausewitz — Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
- cloudiness — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- clubbiness — the state of being clubby
- clumsiness — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- clustering — cluster
- coccineous — bright red
- coiffeuses — Plural form of coiffeuse.
- colloquies — a conversational exchange; dialogue.
- columbines — Plural form of columbine.
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- commissure — a band of tissue linking two parts or organs, such as the nervous tissue connecting the right and left sides of the brain in vertebrates
- communizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communize.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- conclusive — Conclusive evidence shows that something is certainly true.
- concubines — Plural form of concubine.
- concussive — Pathology. injury to the brain or spinal cord due to jarring from a blow, fall, or the like.
- configures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure.
- congenious — (obsolete) congeneric.
- coniferous — A coniferous forest or wood is made up of conifers.
- constitute — If something constitutes a particular thing, it can be regarded as being that thing.
- consultive — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
- convulsive — A convulsive movement or action is sudden and cannot be controlled.
- copernicus — Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543
- copurifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copurify.
- coquettish — If you describe a woman as coquettish, you mean she acts in a playful way that is intended to make men find her attractive.
- coriaceous — of or resembling leather
- coroutines — Plural form of coroutine.