6-letter words containing c, i, r
- cozier — a cobbler
- crania — the skull of a vertebrate.
- crasis — the fusion or contraction of two adjacent vowels into one
- cratic — Relating to counterions.
- credit — If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
- cretic — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, the second short, and the third long (– ◡ –)
- cretin — If you call someone a cretin, you think they are very stupid.
- crevis — (UK, dialect) The crayfish.
- criant — garish; loud
- crible — dotted
- cricks — Plural form of crick.
- criers — Plural form of crier.
- crieth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cry.
- crikey — Some people say crikey in order to express surprise, especially at something unpleasant.
- crimea — a peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, disputed between Ukraine and Russia: a former autonomous republic of the Soviet Union (1921–54); part of the Ukrainian SSR from (1954–1991); an autonomous republic of independent Ukraine (1991–2014); annexation by Russia in 2014 not recognized internationally. Capital: Simferopol. Pop: 1 966 801 (2014 est)
- crimen — a crime
- crimes — Plural form of crime.
- crimps — Plural form of crimp.
- crimpy — having small folds or waves; curly
- crinal — of or relating to the hair
- cringe — If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
- cringy — Cringeworthy.
- crinky — (rare) crinkly.
- crinum — any plant of the mostly tropical amaryllidaceous genus Crinum, having straplike leaves and clusters of lily-like flowers
- cripes — an expression of surprise
- cripps — Sir (Richard) Stafford. 1889–1952, British Labour statesman; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1947–50)
- crises — crisis.
- crisic — of or relating to a crisis
- crisis — A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems.
- crispi — Francesco (franˈtʃesko). 1819–1901, Italian statesman; premier (1887–91; 1893–96)
- crispr — Biochemistry. a unique cluster of short, repeated DNA sequences found in bacterial genomes and capable of fighting viruses: CRISPR enables bacteria to integrate foreign DNA into their genome.
- crisps — very thin slices of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack
- crispy — Food that is crispy is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- crista — a structure resembling a ridge or crest, such as that formed by folding of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion
- critic — A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art.
- crojik — a triangular sail
- cronic — very potent marijuana.
- cronin — A(rchibald) J(oseph). 1896–1981, British novelist and physician. His works include Hatter's Castle (1931), The Judas Tree (1961), and Dr Finlay's Casebook, a TV series based on his medical experiences
- crucis — genitive of Crux.
- cruise — A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places.
- cruisy — (of music) suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.
- cruive — a cabin or hovel
- cruize — Obsolete form of cruise.
- crying — notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame)
- cuirie — a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- cuiter — to pamper or coddle
- cupri- — containing copper with a valence of two; cupric
- cupric — of or containing copper in the divalent state
- curari — Alternative form of curare.
- curiae — Plural form of curia.