10-letter words containing c, i, r, n
- astriction — to bind fast; constrain.
- astrionics — the science dealing with the application of electronics to astronautics.
- astronomic — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- attracting — Present participle of attract.
- attraction — An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- avirulence — The state of being avirulent.
- bacitracin — an antibiotic used mainly in treating bacterial skin infections: obtained from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis
- backfiring — Present participle of backfire.
- bacon rind — the outer edge of a slice of bacon, corresponding to the skin of the pig
- barbecuing — Present participle of barbecue.
- baroclinic — of, relating to, or having the property of baroclinity.
- barracking — Present participle of barrack.
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
- bice green — a medium to bright yellow-green color.
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- big screen — When people talk about the big screen, they are referring to films that are made for cinema rather than for television.
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- biocentric — centered in life; having life as its principal fact.
- biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- brain cell — a nerve cell that is situated in the brain
- brain scan — an examination of the brain, using radiological scanning techniques, used in medical diagnosis and scientific research
- brainchild — Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
- branchiate — having gills.
- bratticing — a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- brick-kiln — a kiln in which blocks of clay are baked into bricks
- brilliance — great brightness; radiance
- brilliancy — an instance of brilliance: the brilliancies of Congreve's wit.
- bring back — Something that brings back a memory makes you think about it.
- brno chair — an armchair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless steel composed of two interlocking parts, one forming the legs and arms and the other the seat and back frame, with the back and seat lightly upholstered and usually covered with leather.
- broccolini — a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica B. oleracea, which resembles broccoli and is eaten as a green vegetable
- broken ice — sea ice that covers from 50 to 80 percent of the surface of water in any particular area.
- bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
- bronchitic — acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- brown rice — unpolished rice, in which the grains retain the outer yellowish-brown layer (bran)
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- buckraking — the practice of accepting large sums of money for speaking to special interest groups.
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cabin crew — The cabin crew on an aircraft are the people whose job is to look after the passengers.
- cabineteer — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of a governmental cabinet.