10-letter words containing c, r, a, n, i
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- pack train — a train, or procession, of pack animals
- pancratian — (in ancient Greece) of, or relating to, the pancratium
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- pancreatic — of or affecting the pancreas
- pancreatin — Biochemistry. a substance containing the pancreatic enzymes, trypsin, amylase, and lipase.
- panic room — a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in
- pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- paraenetic — of or relating to moral and ethical instruction or paraenesis
- paraffinic — of, noting, or characteristic of paraffin wax or a paraffin hydrocarbon.
- paraphonic — of, relating to, or characterized by paraphonia
- parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parischane — a parish
- paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- patna rice — a variety of long-grain rice, used for savoury dishes
- patricliny — patrocliny.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- periclinal — of or relating to a pericline
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- placarding — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- practician — a practitioner or practiser of any profession, skill, or art
- practicing — actively working at a profession, especially medicine or law.
- practisant — a conspirator; someone who plots or schemes
- practising — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- prefinance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- prepacking — a package assembled by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and containing a specific number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product.
- principate — supreme power or office.
- principial — original, elementary
- pro-acting — serving temporarily, especially as a substitute during another's absence; not permanent; temporary: the acting mayor.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- punic wars — three wars (264–241 bc, 218–201 bc, and 149–146 bc), in which Rome crushed Carthaginian power, destroying Carthage itself
- purchasing — buying
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- quadrantic — Of, pertaining to, or affecting a quadrant.