10-letter words containing c, a, r, l, i
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- cavalierly — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cavillers' — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- cefadroxil — A broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.
- cemeterial — of or relating to a cemetery or to burial.
- centralise — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centralism — Centralism is a way of governing a country, or organizing something such as industry, education, or politics, which involves having one central group of people who give instructions to everyone else.
- 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.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- ceremonial — Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
- 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
- chair lift — A chair lift is a line of chairs that hang from a moving cable and carry people up and down a mountain or ski slope.
- chair rail — a molding on an interior wall for preventing the backs of chairs from rubbing against plaster.
- chairlifts — Plural form of chairlift.
- chamberlin — ˈThomas Chrowder (ˈkraʊdər ) ; krouˈdər) 1843-1928; U.S. geologist
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- charbroils — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charbroil.
- 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
- charitable — A charitable organization or activity helps and supports people who are ill, very poor, or who have a disability.
- charitably — generous in donations or gifts to relieve the needs of indigent, ill, or helpless persons, or of animals: a charitable man giving much money to feed the poor.
- 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)
- charmingly — In a charming manner.
- check rail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- chelicerae — one member of the first pair of usually pincerlike appendages of spiders and other arachnids.
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- child star — a child who attains celebrity status
- child-care — having to do with the care of children, specif., of preschool children whose parents are employed
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- chiliarchy — the position or office of a leader of a thousand soldiers
- chimerical — wildly fanciful; imaginary
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- chloralism — a medical condition created by prolonged use of chloral hydrate
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- choirstall — one of the benches for the choir of a church, cathedral, etc
- 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
- cicatricle — the blastoderm in the egg of a bird
- cigarillos — Plural form of cigarillo.
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- cimeliarch — a room for keeping the valuables of a church.
- 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.