9-letter words containing e, c, r, i
- checkrail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- checkrein — a rein usually running from the bit to the saddle, used to keep a horse from lowering its head
- cheeriest — Superlative form of cheery.
- chelicera — one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- cheralite — a rare monazite mineral consisting of thorium and calcium
- cheremiss — a member of an Ugrian people of the Volga region, esp of the Mari El Republic
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- cherished — clung to, esp when fulfilment is unlikely
- cherisher — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
- cherishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cherish.
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- cherubini — (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.
- cheruping — Present participle of cherup.
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chiarezza — clarity
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- chickaree — another name for American red squirrel
- childcare — Childcare refers to looking after children, and to the facilities which help parents to do so.
- childfree — having no children; childless, especially by choice.
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
- chimaeric — (of a molecule) having two genetically different components
- chimerism — a medical condition in which a person develops from two distinct embryos that could possess two genetically distinct sets of cells
- chin rest — a device fixed to the top of a violin or viola to provide a firm rest for the player's chin.
- chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
- chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
- chippered — to chirp or twitter.
- chiropter — an animal of the order Chiroptera; a bat
- chirruped — Simple past tense and past participle of chirrup.
- chirurgie — (archaic) surgery.
- chiselers — Plural form of chiseler.
- chiseller — a person who uses a chisel
- chittered — Simple past tense and past participle of chitter.
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- choephori — a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- choleraic — relating to, like, or developing from cholera
- cholerine — (pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- chordwise — in the direction of an aerofoil chord
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- choreutic — of or belonging to a chorus.
- chorister — A chorister is a singer in a church choir.
- christens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of christen.
- christine — a feminine name: dim. Chris, Chrissie, Tina; var. Christina, Christy
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response