10-letter words containing c, e, r, a, i
- graecismus — (rhetoric, historical) Use of Greek words and examples.
- grandniece — a daughter of one's nephew or niece.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- graticules — Plural form of graticule.
- grecianize — to make like the ancient Greeks
- grievances — Plural form of grievance.
- groceteria — a grocery store in which customers pick up products from shelves and pay for them on leaving the store, as opposed to one in which they are served by a shop assistant
- guardiance — (obsolete) guardianship.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- hair cream — a cosmetic preparation used to improve the condition of, and/or to style the hair
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- haircutter — A barber.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- hard cider — the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hatcheries — Plural form of hatchery.
- hate crime — a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward an individual’s national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
- hebraistic — of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- hemicrania — pain in one side of the head.
- heraclidae — a drama (429? b.c.) by Euripides.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbicidal — Of, or relating to herbicides.
- heresiarch — a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.
- heresimach — a person engaged in combating heresy and heretics.
- hereticate — to declare as heresy or as a heretic
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hermetical — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitical — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hexahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) hexahydroxy.
- hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hierarchal — a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest.
- hierarchic — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
- hieratical — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- highjacker — a person who hijacks.
- hinderance — Archaic spelling of hindrance.
- hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hyperbaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hypobaric.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hysterical — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- i declare! — I am surprised, startled, etc.
- iatrogenic — (of a medical disorder) caused by the diagnosis, manner, or treatment of a physician.
- ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.