13-letter words containing c, a, i, n
- chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- chiang ch'ing — Jiang Qing.
- chicken adder — milk snake.
- chicken divan — a casserole of boned chicken breast, broccoli or asparagus spears, and cheese sauce
- chicken snake — rat snake
- chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- child rearing — the activity of rearing children
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- childrenswear — clothing for children
- chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
- chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
- chimney place — an open hearth.
- chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- china cabinet — a cabinet in which china is stored when not in use
- chinese anise — star anise.
- chinese-anise — Also called Chinese anise. a shrub or small tree, Illicium verum, of China, having white flowers that turn purple and bearing anise-scented, star-shaped clusters of carminative fruit.
- chinling shan — Qinling Shan
- chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
- cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
- christian era — the period beginning with the year of Christ's birth. Dates in this era are labelled ad, those previous to it bc
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- christiansand — former name of Kristiansand.
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chronographic — a timepiece fitted with a recording device, as a stylus and rotating drum, used to mark the exact instant of an occurrence, especially in astronomy.
- chronological — If things are described or shown in chronological order, they are described or shown in the order in which they happened.
- chthonophagia — (disease) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.
- churchmanship — The craft or skill of being a churchman. (from 17th c.).
- chylification — the process of turning into chyle
- chymification — the process of turning into chyme
- cicatrization — Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.
- ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
- cider vinegar — a type of vinegar produced by the acetification of cider
- cigarette end — the part of a cigarette that is held in the mouth and that remains unsmoked after it is finished
- cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
- cinchonaceous — relating to cinchona
- cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.
- cinema verite — films characterized by subjects, actions, etc, that have the appearance of real life
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- cinematically — Chiefly British. motion picture.
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- cinnamic acid — a white crystalline water-insoluble weak organic acid existing in two isomeric forms; 3-phenylpropenoic acid. The trans- form occurs naturally and its esters are used in perfumery. Formula: C6H5CH:CHCOOH
- cinnamon bear — a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear
- cinnamon fern — a large, New World fern (Osmunda cinnamomea, family Osmundaceae) having sterile green fronds and other fronds that bear spores and turn a cinnamon color as the spores mature
- cinnamon teal — a small, freshwater, wild duck, Anas cyanoptera, of North and South America, having chiefly cinnamon-red plumage.