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Words starting with C, then T, then I, ending in C

163 words fit this spine. They're all listed below. They start with C, end with C, and contain T then I in that order in between — not necessarily side by side.

Near misses
  • caballero doesn't fit: it starts with C but ends with O, not C.
  • cardiac doesn't fit: it has the right ends but no T in the middle.

6-letter words

cantic, citric, clitic, cretic, critic, cultic, cystic

7-letter words

caustic, centric, cerotic, chaotic, clastic, colitic, comatic, cometic, cryptic

8-letter words

calcitic, carditic, caryatic, cathodic, catholic, cationic, chiastic, chthonic, climatic, clitoric, cobaltic, cosmetic, cratonic, cubistic, cuneatic, cyanitic, cyanotic

9-letter words

cachectic, casuistic, catabolic, catalatic, catalytic, catatonic, categoric, cathartic, cathectic, catoptric, cenobitic, chloritic, chlorotic, chromatic, cinematic, cirrhotic, cistronic, cladistic, climactic, copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, cytologic, cytolytic, cytosolic, cytotoxic

10-letter words

cabalistic, catalectic, cataleptic, cataphoric, chiasmatic, chiliastic, chondritic, cliometric, coenocytic, coloristic, concentric, coprolitic, corybantic, crescentic, cryostatic, cybernetic, cyclotomic, cytopathic, cytophilic, cytostatic

11-letter words

calisthenic, cardiotonic, cataclysmic, catechistic, centromeric, charismatic, chemotactic, cholestatic, cholesteric, chromatinic, climacteric, coenzymatic, columnistic, communistic, coulometric, cryptogamic, cryptogenic, cryptologic, cyclothymic, cystoscopic, cytogenetic, cytokinetic, cytomegalic, cytoplasmic

12-letter words

calorimetric, capitalistic, cartographic, catachrestic, catadioptric, cataphoretic, catastrophic, cellulolytic, centralistic, chauvinistic, chemiosmotic, chiropractic, chronometric, chymotryptic, cladogenetic, classicistic, clavieristic, cleistogamic, colorimetric, compatriotic, cyanogenetic

13-letter words

cannibalistic, cephalometric, chloroplastic, chromatolytic, chromonematic, colonialistic, conglomeratic, consumeristic, cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cytotaxonomic

14-letter words

cardiothoracic, characteristic, chemosynthetic, chemotaxonomic, claustrophobic, collectivistic, computerphobic, conductimetric, conductometric, cycloaliphatic, cytopathogenic

15-letter words

centrosymmetric, chorioallantoic, chromatographic, cinematographic, commercialistic, conceptualistic, contortionistic, crosslinguistic, cytophotometric

16-letter words

chemoautotrophic, chemotherapeutic, crystallographic

17-letter words

catecholaminergic, chemoprophylactic, clinicopathologic, counterscientific

18-letter words

chromolithographic

Where this pattern came from