10-letter words containing a, c, r, n, i
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- chartering — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- chattering — rapid and continuous talk
- chaucerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- chicharron — (in Mexican cooking) a piece of fried pork crackling.
- chin strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chin-strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- china bark — cinchona (sense 2)
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- china-ware — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
- chinagraph — a coloured pencil used for writing on china, glass, etc
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinstraps — Plural form of chinstrap.
- chiromancy — palmistry
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- ciceronian — of or resembling Cicero or his rhetorical style; eloquent
- cinderella — If you describe a person or organization as a Cinderella, you mean that they receive very little attention and that they deserve to receive more.
- cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema
- cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation
- cineration — The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
- cinnabaric — relating to, or consisting of, mercuric sulphide
- circannual — noting or pertaining to a biological activity or cycle that recurs yearly.
- circassian — a native of Circassia
- circensial — relating to the Roman circuses
- cistercian — a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
- citronalis — lemon verbena.
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- clambering — of or relating to plants that creep or climb like vines, but without benefit of tendrils.
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clappering — the sound made by using a clapper
- clarifying — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- clattering — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- cnidarians — Plural form of cnidarian.
- co-ordinal — belonging to the same order.
- coal miner — A coal miner is a person whose job is mining coal.
- coarsening — Present participle of coarsen.
- cochairman — a person who cochairs an organization
- cocreation — Joint creation.
- coloration — The coloration of an animal or a plant is the colours and patterns on it.