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10-letter words containing c, r, a, n, i

  • cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
  • cassegrain — of an arrangement of mirrors, lenses, etc. used in reflecting telescopes and microwave antennas, having its focus or transmission point near or behind the center of the main mirror
  • castrating — Present participle of castrate.
  • castration — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
  • casuarinas — Plural form of casuarina.
  • cat-harpin — any of a number of short ropes or rods for gathering in shrouds near their tops.
  • catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
  • catenarian — the downward curve formed by chain or cord being fixed at two points
  • catenaries — Plural form of catenary.
  • catskinner — an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.
  • cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
  • cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
  • cavortings — sexual frolics
  • centaurian — resembling or of the nature of a centaur
  • centauries — Plural form of centaury.
  • centigrade — Centigrade is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C.
  • centigrams — Plural form of centigram.
  • centralise — to draw to or gather about a center.
  • centralism — Centralism is a way of governing a country, or organizing something such as industry, education, or politics, which involves having one central group of people who give instructions to everyone else.
  • centralist — Centralist organizations govern a country or organize things using one central group of people who control and instruct everyone else.
  • centrality — the state or condition of being central
  • centralize — To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups.
  • centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
  • centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
  • ceremonial — Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
  • certainity — Misspelling of certainty.
  • cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
  • chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
  • chagrining — Present participle of chagrin.
  • chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
  • chain fern — any of several ferns of the genus Woodwardia, having a chainlike row of sori on either side of the midrib of each fertile leaflet.
  • chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
  • chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
  • chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
  • chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
  • chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
  • chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
  • chairwoman — The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it.
  • chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
  • chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
  • chamberlin — ˈThomas Chrowder (ˈkraʊdər ) ; krouˈdər) 1843-1928; U.S. geologist
  • chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
  • chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
  • chanceries — Plural form of chancery.
  • chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
  • chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
  • chandigarh — a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
  • chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
  • chari-nile — a group of languages of E Africa, now generally regarded as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in parts of the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and adjacent countries
  • charmingly — In a charming manner.
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