8-letter words containing si
- camassia — Any of the genus Camassia of flowering plants, the camases.
- campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
- capsicin — a liquid or resin extracted from capsicum
- capsicum — Capsicums are peppers.
- capsidal — forming a capsid, or relating to capsids
- capsized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsize.
- capsizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capsize.
- car sick — If someone feels car sick, they feel sick as a result of traveling in a car.
- casimere — cassimere
- cassiope — (sometimes initial capital letter) any evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Cassiope, of the heath family, having nodding white or pinkish solitary flowers and scalelike or needlelike leaves.
- cassirer — Ernst (ɛrnst). 1874–1945, German neo-Kantian philosopher. The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (1923–29) analyses the symbols that underlie all manifestations, including myths and language, of human culture
- caucasia — a region in SW Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea: contains the Caucasus Mountains, dividing it into Ciscaucasia in the north and Transcaucasia in the south; one of the most complex ethnic areas in the world, with over 50 different peoples
- caucasic — Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by fair to dark skin, straight to tightly curled hair, and light to very dark eyes, and originally inhabiting Europe, parts of North Africa, western Asia, and India.
- centesis — the surgical puncturing of a part of the body with a hollow needle in order to extract fluid
- cessions — Plural form of cession.
- chabasie — Dated form of chabazite.
- char siu — barbecued marinated pork
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chasidic — Hasid.
- chasidim — Hasidim
- chasings — a design chased on metal.
- cheesier — Comparative form of cheesy.
- cheesily — in a cheesy manner
- cheesing — the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
- chemosis — (medicine) A chemically-induced swelling of the mucous membrane of the eye.
- chisinau — the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est)
- choosily — In a choosy manner; pickily.
- choosing — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- chorisis — the multiplication of botanical elements by branching or splitting
- chosisme — a writing style in which plot and characterization are de-emphasized and people, events, and setting are recorded as though seen by the author through the lens of a camera.
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- classico — (of Italian wines) coming from the Chianti wine-growing region
- classics — ancient Greek and Roman culture considered as a subject for academic study
- classier — of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
- classify — To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
- classily — of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
- classing — Present participle of class.
- classism — the belief that people from certain social or economic classes are superior to others
- classist — Of or pertaining to classism.
- clausing — (shipping) present participle of clause.
- clausius — Rudolf Julius (ˈruːdɔlf ˈjuːliʊs). 1822–88, German physicist and mathematician. He enunciated the second law of thermodynamics (1850) and developed the kinetic theory of gases
- closings — Plural form of closing.
- clumsier — Comparative form of clumsy.
- clumsily — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coassist — to assist jointly
- codesign — to design jointly
- cofusion — Alternative form of co-fusion.
- cohesion — If there is cohesion within a society, organization, or group, the different members fit together well and form a united whole.