10-letter words containing c, i, r, n
- carnelians — Plural form of carnelian.
- carnifying — Present participle of carnify.
- carnivores — an animal that eats flesh.
- carolinian — of or relating to North or South Carolina
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues
- carpentier — Georges (ʒɔrʒ), known as Gorgeous Georges. 1894–1975, French boxer: world light-heavyweight champion (1920–22)
- carpooling — Present participle of carpool.
- carrington — Dora, known as Carrington. 1893–1932, British painter, engraver, and letter writer; a member of the Bloomsbury Group
- carron oil — an ointment of limewater and linseed oil, formerly used to treat burns
- carthamine — a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- cartonnier — an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- cartooning — a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
- cartoonist — A cartoonist is a person whose job is to draw cartoons for newspapers and magazines.
- cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cassegrain — of an arrangement of mirrors, lenses, etc. used in reflecting telescopes and microwave antennas, having its focus or transmission point near or behind the center of the main mirror
- castrating — Present participle of castrate.
- castration — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- casuarinas — Plural form of casuarina.
- cat-harpin — any of a number of short ropes or rods for gathering in shrouds near their tops.
- catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
- catenarian — the downward curve formed by chain or cord being fixed at two points
- catenaries — Plural form of catenary.
- catskinner — an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
- centaurian — resembling or of the nature of a centaur
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- center bit — a bit with a sharp, projecting center point and cutting wings on either side
- center pin — a cylindrical device passing through the center plates of both the body bolster and the truck bolster, permitting the truck to swivel beneath the car body while the stress is taken by the center plate.
- centerfire — designating a cartridge with the primer set in the center of the base
- centerline — a real or imaginary line passing through the center of something and dividing it into two equal parts
- centigrade — Centigrade is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C.
- centigrams — Plural form of centigram.
- centiliter — A centiliter is a unit of volume in the metric system equal to ten milliliters or one-hundredth of a liter.
- centilitre — A centilitre is a unit of volume in the metric system equal to ten millilitres or one-hundredth of a litre.
- centimeter — A centimeter is a unit of length in the metric system equal to ten millimeters or one-hundredth of a meter.
- centimetre — A centimetre is a unit of length in the metric system equal to ten millimetres or one-hundredth of a metre.
- centistere — one 100th of a stere.
- 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.
- centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
- centre bit — a drilling bit with a central projecting point and two side cutters