10-letter words containing c, e, r, a, i
- 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
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- chimaerism — the insertion of cells of a different genetic make-up into a fetus or embryo
- chimerical — wildly fanciful; imaginary
- 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
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- 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
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- cibachrome — the old name for the Ilfochrome photographic printing process
- cicatrices — Plural form of cicatrix; scars.
- cicatricle — the blastoderm in the egg of a bird
- cicatrized — Simple past tense and past participle of cicatrize.
- cicatrizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cicatrize.
- ciceronian — of or resembling Cicero or his rhetorical style; eloquent
- cigar case — a case of a suitable size and shape to hold cigars
- cigarettes — Plural form of cigarette.
- cimeliarch — a room for keeping the valuables of a church.