8-letter words containing c, i, r, n
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- crocking — British Dialect. soot; smut.
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- cronyism — If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.
- crooking — a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- crooning — a style of relaxed and seemingly effortless singing, particularly popular in the1930s and 1940s
- cropping — the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- crostini — pieces of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crostino — piece of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotoxin — a toxin in the venom of the North American rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.
- crowd in — If problems or thoughts crowd in on you, a lot of them happen to you or affect you at the same time, so that they occupy all your attention and make you feel unable to escape.
- crowding — a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
- crowning — the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening
- cruising — Present participle of cruise.
- crumbing — Present participle of crumb.
- crunking — Present participle of crunk.
- crushing — A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- crusting — Present participle of crust.
- cryingly — exceptionally or markedly
- cryonics — the practice of freezing a human corpse in the hope of restoring it to life in the future
- culinary — Culinary means concerned with cooking.
- culverin — a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- cuniform — Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
- curarine — an alkaloid extracted from curare, used as a muscle relaxant in surgery. Formula: C19H26ON2
- curating — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curcumin — a yellow pigment, derived from the rhizome of Curcuma longa, and the main active ingredient of turmeric. It is an antioxidant and has anti-inflammatory properties
- curdling — Present participle of curdle.
- currying — to rub and clean (a horse) with a currycomb.
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- cyanuric — of or derived from cyanuric acid.
- cybering — Present participle of cyber.
- cylinder — A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.
- cyprinid — any teleost fish of the mainly freshwater family Cyprinidae, typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales and including such food and game fishes as the carp, tench, roach, rudd, and dace
- cyrenaic — (in the ancient world) of or relating to the city of Cyrene or the territory of Cyrenaica
- decliner — One who declines.
- decrying — Present participle of decry.
- decurion — a local councillor
- deracine — uprooted
- dicentra — any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
- dinarchy — duarchy.
- discerns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discern.
- discrown — to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.