8-letter words containing c, r, i, s
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- caesuric — caesural
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- camisard — any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- canaries — Plural form of canary.
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- caprices — Plural form of caprice.
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.
- car sick — If someone feels car sick, they feel sick as a result of traveling in a car.
- carabids — Plural form of carabid.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- carditis — inflammation of the heart
- caribees — See under Antilles.
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carlings — Plural form of carling.
- carlisle — a city in NW England, administrative centre of Cumbria: railway and industrial centre. Pop: 71 773 (2001)
- carnitas — A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- carriers — Plural form of carrier.
- carvings — Plural form of carving.
- cashiers — Plural form of cashier.
- casimere — cassimere
- cassirer — Ernst (ɛrnst). 1874–1945, German neo-Kantian philosopher. The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (1923–29) analyses the symbols that underlie all manifestations, including myths and language, of human culture
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- castrati — a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- castries — the capital and chief port of St Lucia. Pop: 14 000 (2005 est)
- catbirds — Plural form of catbird.
- causerie — an informal talk or conversational piece of writing
- centries — Plural form of centry.
- centrism — (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- centrist — Centrist policies and parties are moderate rather than extreme.
- ceramics — the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc
- ceramist — a person who works in ceramics; ceramic artist
- cerritos — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 51,000
- cervices — cervix
- cesarian — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- chagrins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin.
- char siu — barbecued marinated pork
- chariest — Superlative form of chary.
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- charisma — You say that someone has charisma when they can attract, influence, and inspire people by their personal qualities.