8-letter words containing c, r, i, n
- couperin — François (frɑ̃swa). 1668–1733, French composer, noted for his harpsichord suites and organ music
- coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowinner — one of a number of winners
- crabbing — Informal. an ill-tempered or grouchy person.
- cracking — You use cracking to describe something you think is very good or exciting.
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- crafting — an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill: the craft of a mason.
- cramming — intensive study, esp in order to pass an exam
- cramping — cramp iron.
- craniate — having a skull or cranium
- crank in — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crankier — Comparative form of cranky.
- crankily — In a cranky manner.
- cranking — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crankish — mildly eccentric
- crankpin — a short cylindrical bearing surface fitted between two arms of a crank and set parallel to the main shaft of the crankshaft
- crannied — full of crannies or chinks
- crannies — Plural form of cranny.
- crapping — (in craps) a losing throw, in which the total on the two dice is 2, 3, or 12.
- crashing — (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
- cratonic — Of or pertaining to the craton.
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- crawling — a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging
- creaking — Present participle of creak.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- creasing — Present participle of crease.
- creatine — an important metabolite involved in many biochemical reactions and present in many types of living cells
- creating — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- creeping — (of a plant) having a stem that grows horizontally along the ground and throws out roots at intervals
- cremains — A dead person's cremains are their remains after their body has been cremated.
- cresting — an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
- cribbing — the action of one that cribs
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crim con — criminal conversation
- criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- criminis — Plural form of crimini.
- crimping — Compress (something) into small folds or ridges.
- cringing — servile; obsequious
- cringles — Plural form of cringle.
- crinkled — marked with crenellations
- crinkles — Plural form of crinkle.
- crinoids — Plural form of crinoid.
- crispens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crispen.
- crisping — Present participle of crisp.