8-letter words containing c, i, r, n
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- ceinture — cincture (defs 1, 2).
- centeric — Misspelling of centric.
- centiare — a unit of area equal to one square metre
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- centries — Plural form of centry.
- centring — a temporary structure, esp one made of timber, used to support an arch during construction
- centrism — (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- centrist — Centrist policies and parties are moderate rather than extreme.
- centroid — the centre of mass of an object of uniform density, esp of a geometric figure
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- certeine — Archaic spelling of certain.
- cerulein — a bright blue dyestuff obtained from indigo
- cesarian — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- chagrins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin.
- chairing — a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chairman — The chairman of a committee, organization, or company is the head of it.
- chairmen — the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chancier — Comparative form of chancy.
- characin — any small carnivorous freshwater cyprinoid fish of the family Characidae, of Central and South America and Africa. They are similar to the carps but more brightly coloured
- charging — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charking — charcoal (def 1).
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charmian — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “source of joy.”.
- charming — If you say that something is charming, you mean that it is very pleasant or attractive.
- charonic — Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- charring — Present participle of char.
- charting — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- cheering — encouraging shouts from supporters, admirers etc
- cheniere — a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- childern — Eye dialect of children.
- children — Children is the plural of child.
- chinkara — an Indian gazelle, Gazella gazella bennetti
- chirping — high pitched, repeated noises
- chirring — Present participle of chirr.
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- chondrin — a resilient translucent bluish-white substance that forms the matrix of cartilage
- chording — the distribution of chords throughout a piece of harmony
- chretien — (Joseph Jacques) Jean. born 1934, Canadian Liberal politician; prime minister of Canada (1993–2003)
- chrismon — the monogram and symbol of Christ's name, also known as chi-rho, derived from the initial two letters of the word Christ in Greek
- christen — When a baby is christened, he or she is given a name during the Christian ceremony of baptism. Compare baptize.
- chronics — Plural form of chronic.
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- churning — Churning water is moving about violently.
- churring — to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.