8-letter words containing c, i, r
- capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- capibara — a South American tailless rodent, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris, living along the banks of rivers and lakes, having partly webbed feet: the largest living rodent.
- capoeira — a movement discipline combining martial art and dance, which originated among African slaves in 19th-century Brazil
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- caprices — Plural form of caprice.
- caprifig — a wild variety of fig, Ficus carica sylvestris, of S Europe and SW Asia, used in the caprification of the edible fig
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- caprylic — of or relating to an animal odor: the caprylic odor of a barn.
- car hire — the act of renting a car
- car line — trolley line.
- car sick — If someone feels car sick, they feel sick as a result of traveling in a car.
- carabids — Plural form of carabid.
- carangid — any marine percoid fish of the family Carangidae, having a compressed body and deeply forked tail. The group includes the jacks, horse mackerel, pompano, and pilot fish
- carbamic — of or derived from carbamic acid.
- carbanil — phenyl isocyanate.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- carbinol — methanol
- carbolic — of or derived from carbolic acid.
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- cardigan — A cardigan is a knitted woollen sweater that you can fasten at the front with buttons or a zip.
- cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
- cardioid — a heart-shaped curve generated by a fixed point on a circle as it rolls around another fixed circle of equal radius, a. Equation: r = a(1 – cos φ), where r is the radius vector and φ is the polar angle
- carditic — relating to carditis
- carditis — inflammation of the heart
- carducci — Giosuè (dʒozuˈɛ). 1835–1907, Italian poet: Nobel prize for literature 1906
- careline — a telephone service set up by a company or other organization to provide its customers or clients with information about its products or services
- cariacou — any of several deer of the American subgenus Cariacus
- caribees — See under Antilles.
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- carillon — a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
- carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
- caringly — In a caring manner.
- carinula — a small carina.
- cariocan — a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- caritive — (in certain inflected languages, especially of the Caucasian group) abessive.
- carlings — Plural form of carling.
- carlisle — a city in NW England, administrative centre of Cumbria: railway and industrial centre. Pop: 71 773 (2001)
- carmania — a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.
- carminic — Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine.
- carnatic — a region of S India, between the Eastern Ghats and the Coromandel Coast: originally the country of the Kanarese; historically important as a rich and powerful trading centre; now part of Tamil Nadu state
- carnegie — Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts
- carnifex — an executioner
- carniola — a region of N Slovenia: a former duchy and crownland of Austria (1335–1919); divided between Yugoslavia and Italy in 1919; part of Yugoslavia (1947–92)
- carnitas — A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
- carnival — A carnival is a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
- carol ii — 1893–1953, king of Romania (1930–40), who was deposed by the Iron Guard
- carolina — a former English colony on the E coast of North America, first established in 1663: divided in 1729 into North and South Carolina, which are often referred to as the Carolinas