8-letter words containing i, a, t, r, c
- bacterin — a vaccine prepared from bacteria
- bactrian — of or relating to Bactria
- beatrice — a feminine name: dim. Bea; var. Beatrix
- bitbrace — brace (def 3).
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- brattice — a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
- brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- britpack — a group of young and successful British actors, directors, artists, etc
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- carditic — relating to carditis
- carditis — inflammation of the heart
- carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
- caritive — (in certain inflected languages, especially of the Caucasian group) abessive.
- carnatic — a region of S India, between the Eastern Ghats and the Coromandel Coast: originally the country of the Kanarese; historically important as a rich and powerful trading centre; now part of Tamil Nadu state
- carnitas — A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- carritch — catechism
- caryatid — a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure
- 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.
- catbrier — any prickly vines of the genus Smilax, such as greenbrier
- caterina — a female given name, form of Catherine.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- cavitary — having or containing cavities
- centiare — a unit of area equal to one square metre
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- ceramist — a person who works in ceramics; ceramic artist
- ceratite — An ammonoid fossil of an intermediate type found chiefly in the Permian and Triassic periods, typically with partly frilled and partly lobed suture lines.
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- chapiter — the capital of a column
- chariest — Superlative form of chary.
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- charting — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chartism — the principles of the reform movement in Britain from 1838 to 1848, which included manhood suffrage, payment of Members of Parliament, equal electoral districts, annual parliaments, voting by ballot, and the abolition of property qualifications for MPs
- chartist — a stock market specialist who analyses and predicts market trends from graphs of recent price and volume movements of selected securities
- chattier — Comparative form of chatty.
- chip art — microchip art
- cicatrix — the tissue that forms in a wound during healing; scar
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- citharas — Plural form of cithara.