10-letter words containing a, e, r, i
- centralist — Centralist organizations govern a country or organize things using one central group of people who control and instruct everyone else.
- centrality — the state or condition of being central
- centralize — To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups.
- centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- ceramicist — a person who makes ceramics.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- ceremonial — Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
- cerevisiae — (informal) The species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or brewer's yeast.
- certainity — Misspelling of certainty.
- certiorari — an order of a superior court directing that a record of proceedings in a lower court be sent up for review
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chain fern — any of several ferns of the genus Woodwardia, having a chainlike row of sori on either side of the midrib of each fertile leaflet.
- chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
- chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
- chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
- chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
- chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
- chamberlin — ˈThomas Chrowder (ˈkraʊdər ) ; krouˈdər) 1843-1928; U.S. geologist
- chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
- chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
- chanceries — Plural form of chancery.
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
- charcutier — a pork butcher.
- chari-nile — a group of languages of E Africa, now generally regarded as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in parts of the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and adjacent countries
- charioteer — In ancient times, a charioteer was a chariot driver.
- charitable — A charitable organization or activity helps and supports people who are ill, very poor, or who have a disability.
- charles ii — known as Charles the Bald. 823–877 ad, Holy Roman Emperor (875–877) and, as Charles I, king of France (843–877)
- charles iv — known as Charles the Fair. 1294–1328, king of France (1322–28): brother of Isabella of France, with whom he intrigued against her husband, Edward II of England
- charles ix — 1550–74, king of France (1560–74), son of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II: his reign was marked by war between Huguenots and Catholics
- charles vi — known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor
- charles xi — 1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), who established an absolute monarchy and defeated Denmark (1678)
- 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
- check rail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- 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.
- chelicerae — one member of the first pair of usually pincerlike appendages of spiders and other arachnids.
- chemiatric — healing by the use of chemicals
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- 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
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chickarees — Plural form of chickaree.
- chiffarobe — Alternative form of chifforobe.
- child-care — having to do with the care of children, specif., of preschool children whose parents are employed