9-letter words that end in cs
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- hermetics — alchemy
- heuretics — the use of logic
- hygienics — hygiene (def 1).
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- ignostics — Plural form of ignostic.
- isagogics — isagogics.
- juristics — The theory of law, or its study.
- liturgics — the science or art of conducting public worship.
- logistics — symbolic logic.
- magnetics — the science of magnetism.
- maieutics — the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers
- mechanics — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- minidiscs — Plural form of minidisc.
- mnemonics — something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
- monastics — Plural form of monastic.
- narcotics — Plural form of narcotic.
- neurotics — Plural form of neurotic.
- olfactics — The study of smells and how they are perceived.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- optronics — Optoelectronics.
- orthotics — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- phenetics — classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- proxemics — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- quidnuncs — Plural form of quidnunc.
- rabbinics — the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.
- radionics — a dowsing technique using a pendulum to detect the energy fields that are emitted by all forms of matter
- rhythmics — rhythmics.
- scriptics — (company) John Ousterhout's company that is the home of Tcl development and the TclPro tool suite.
- semantics — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- semiotics — semiotics.
- significs — semantics (def 2).
- specifics — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- symbolics — the branch of theology dealing with the study of the history and meaning of church creeds and confessions.
- synectics — the study of creative processes, especially as applied to the solution of problems by a group of diverse individuals.
- tagmemics — a school of linguistics deriving from American structuralism based on the work of Kenneth Lee Pike and using the tagmeme as the basic unit of grammatical analysis.
- tectonics — the science or art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction; the constructive arts in general.
- telestics — the ancient art of causing statues, idols, etc, to appear to be inhabited by a deity
- theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
- toreutics — the art or technique of decorating metal or other material, especially by embossing or chasing.
- trisomics — the study of trisomy
- volcanics — types of rock