8-letter words containing cis
- abscisic — Of or pertaining to abscisic acid or its derivatives. (First attested in the mid 20th century.).
- abscisin — a plant hormone that plays a major role in adapting plants to suit different weather conditions
- abscissa — the horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates. It is the distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis
- accismus — (rhetoric) Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
- aquacise — A type of physical exercise practiced in water mostly vertically and without swimming, typically in a swimming pool in waist deep or deeper water.
- atticism — the idiom or character of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek, esp in the Hellenistic period
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- cicisbeo — the escort or lover of a married woman, esp in 18th-century Italy
- cis male — a person who was born male and whose gender identity is male.
- ciseleur — a person who is expert in ciselure
- ciselure — the art or process of chasing metal
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- cisterns — Plural form of cistern.
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- citicism — The manners of a cit or citizen.
- civicism — the principle of civil government
- conciser — Comparative form of concise.
- cynicism — Cynicism is the belief that people always act selfishly.
- decision — When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
- decisive — If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result.
- dioecism — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- ethicise — Alt form ethicize.
- ethicism — devotion to ethical principles
- ethicist — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).
- excising — Present participle of excise.
- excision — The deletion of some text during editing.
- excisive — Relating to, or causing excision.
- exercise — training, homework
- exorcise — Drive out or attempt to drive out (an evil spirit ) from a person or place.
- exorcism — The expulsion or attempted expulsion of an evil spirit from a person or place.
- exorcist — A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
- fascista — a member of the Fascist movement in Italy.
- fascisti — an Italian political organization which seized power and set up a fascist dictatorship (1922-43) under Mussolini
- fascists — Plural form of fascist.
- graecism — the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
- hylicism — the philosophy that the only thing that can be proven to exist is matter and that everything, including consciousness, is as a result of interaction with material things. Also called materialism
- hylicist — a philosopher specializing in matter
- hypocist — a type of juice derived from the fruit of a plant which grows from the Cistus shrub
- incising — Present participle of incise.
- incision — a cut, gash, or notch.
- incisive — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- incisors — any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- incisory — adapted for cutting, as the incisor teeth.
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- incisure — a notch, as in a bone or other structure.
- iotacism — the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
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