8-letter words containing e, i, r
- crickets — Plural form of cricket.
- crickety — Of or pertaining to crickets.
- crimeful — criminal; filled with crime
- crimpers — to press into small regular folds; make wavy.
- cringles — Plural form of cringle.
- crinkled — marked with crenellations
- crinkles — Plural form of crinkle.
- crippled — physically incapacitated
- crippler — Offensive. a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs. an animal that is similarly disabled; a lame animal. Offensive. a person who is disabled or impaired in any way: a mental cripple.
- cripples — Plural form of cripple.
- criseyde — Cressida
- crispate — having a curled or waved appearance
- crispens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crispen.
- crispers — Plural form of crisper.
- crispest — Superlative form of crisp.
- cristate — having a crest
- criteria — a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- critique — A critique is a written examination and judgment of a situation or of a person's work or ideas.
- critters — Plural form of critter.
- crocoite — a rare orange secondary mineral consisting of lead chromate in monoclinic crystalline form. Formula: PbCrO4
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- crosiers — Plural form of crosier.
- crosstie — a sleeper between rails on a railway
- croupier — A croupier is the person in charge of a gambling table in a casino, who collects the bets and pays money to the people who have won.
- cruciate — shaped or arranged like a cross
- crucible — A crucible is a pot in which metals or other substances can be melted or heated up to very high temperatures.
- crucifer — any plant of the family Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae), having a corolla of four petals arranged like a cross and a fruit called a siliqua. The family includes the brassicas, mustard, cress, and wallflower
- crudites — Crudités are pieces of raw vegetable, often served before a meal.
- crueltie — Obsolete spelling of cruelty.
- cruisers — Plural form of cruiser.
- crummier — Also, crumby. Slang. dirty and run-down; shabby; seedy: a crummy fleabag of a hotel. of little or no value; cheap; worthless: crummy furniture that falls apart after a month of use. wretchedly inadequate; miserable; lousy: They pay crummy salaries.
- crummies — a cow with crooked horns.
- cruzeiro — a former monetary unit of Brazil, replaced by the cruzeiro real
- cryolite — a white or colourless mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminium in monoclinic crystalline form: used in the production of aluminium, glass, and enamel. Formula: Na3AlF6
- cuddlier — suitable for or inviting cuddling: a cuddly teddy bear.
- cudgerie — a large tropical rutaceous tree, Flindersia schottina, having light-coloured wood
- culverin — a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
- curacies — Plural form of curacy.
- curarine — an alkaloid extracted from curare, used as a muscle relaxant in surgery. Formula: C19H26ON2
- curarize — to paralyse or treat with curare
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- curbside — at the curb or on the sidewalk adjacent to the street
- curlicue — Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
- curricle — a two-wheeled open carriage drawn by two horses side by side
- curriers — Plural form of currier.
- curriery — the trade, work, or place of occupation of a currier
- cursives — Plural form of cursive.
- curtises — Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- curtsied — a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- curtsies — a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.