9-letter words containing ci
- brecciate — to form into breccia
- briticism — a custom, linguistic usage, or other feature peculiar to Britain or its people
- bullycide — the act or an instance of killing oneself intentionally as a result of bullying
- caciquism — (esp in Spanish America) government by local political bosses
- cadencing — rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.
- caecilian — any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil
- calcicole — any plant that thrives in lime-rich soils
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- calcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify.
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calcifuge — any plant that thrives in acid soils but not in lime-rich soils
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls
- calcining — Present participle of calcine.
- calciuria — (pathology) The presence of calcium salts in the urine (especially at an elevated level).
- capacious — Something that is capacious has a lot of space to put things in.
- capacitor — A capacitor is a device for accumulating electric charge.
- capriccio — a lively piece composed freely and without adhering to the rules for any specific musical form
- capsaicin — a colourless crystalline bitter alkaloid found in capsicums and used as a flavouring in vinegar and pickles. Formula: C18H27O3N
- carcinoid — a small serotonin-secreting tumour, usually slow-growing and occurring in the gastrointestinal tract, although it may spread to the liver
- carcinoma — Carcinoma is a type of cancer.
- carpaccio — an Italian dish of thin slices of raw meat or fish
- catfacing — a disorder that causes scarring of tomatoes
- celticism — a Celtic custom or usage.
- celticist — an expert in Celtic languages or culture.
- cevapcici — a small rolled patty of ground meat, usually beef, seasoned with paprika and garlic, popular in Eastern Europe
- chanciest — Superlative form of chancy.
- ci engine — A CI engine is an engine in which the fuel charge is ignited by the heat of compression.
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- cicatrice — Physiology. new tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar.
- cicatrise — (transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
- cicatrize — (of a wound or defect in tissue) to close or be closed by scar formation; heal
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- cigarette — Cigarettes are small tubes of paper containing tobacco which people smoke.
- cigarillo — a small cigar often only slightly larger than a cigarette
- cigarlike — resembling a cigar
- ciguatera — food poisoning caused by a ciguatoxin in seafood
- ciliation — Lb biology Quality of having cilia.
- cilicious — made of hair
- ciliolate — covered with minute hairs, as some plants
- cimbaloms — Plural form of cimbalom.
- cimmerian — very dark; gloomy
- cinchonas — Plural form of cinchona.
- cinctured — Simple past tense and past participle of cincture.
- cinctures — Plural form of cincture.
- cindering — Present participle of cinder.
- cinderous — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cine film — photographic film, wound on a spool, usually 8, 16, or 35 millimetres wide, up to several hundred metres long, and having one or two lines of sprocket holes along its length enabling it to be used in a cine camera
- cineastes — Plural form of cineaste.
- cinematic — Cinematic means relating to films made for the cinema.
- cinephile — a person who loves films and cinema