7-letter words containing i, r
- cringey — causing acute feelings of embarrassment or disgust
- cringle — an eye at the edge of a sail, usually formed from a thimble or grommet
- crinite — covered with soft hairs or tufts
- crinkle — If something crinkles or if you crinkle it, it becomes slightly creased or folded.
- crinkly — A crinkly object has many small creases or folds in it or in its surface.
- crinoid — any primitive echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having delicate feathery arms radiating from a central disc. The group includes the free-swimming feather stars, the sessile sea lilies, and many stemmed fossil forms
- crinose — hairy
- criolla — a woman or girl of Spanish descent born in Spanish America
- criollo — a native or inhabitant of Latin America of European descent, esp of Spanish descent
- crippen — Hawley Harvey, known as Doctor Crippen. 1862–1910, US doctor living in England: executed for poisoning his wife; the first criminal to be apprehended by the use of radiotelegraphy
- cripple — A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple.
- crisped — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- crispen — to make or become crisp
- crisper — a compartment in a refrigerator for storing salads, vegetables, etc, in order to keep them fresh
- crispin — Saint, 3rd century ad, legendary Roman Christian martyr, with his brother Crispinian (krɪˈspɪnɪən): they are the patron saints of shoemakers. Feast day: Oct 25
- crisply — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- crissal — of or relating to the crissum.
- crissum — the area or feathers surrounding the cloaca of a bird
- cristae — a crest or ridge.
- critick — Archaic spelling of critic.
- critics — Plural form of critic.
- critter — A critter is a living creature.
- crivens — an exclamation of surprise, now more commonly used for comedic effect
- crizzle — To roughen on the surface.
- croatia — a republic in SE Europe: settled by Croats in the 7th century; belonged successively to Hungary, Turkey, and Austria; formed part of Yugoslavia (1918–91); became independent in 1991 but was invaded by Serbia and fighting continued until 1995; involved in the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1991–95); joined the European Union in 2013. Language: Croatian. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: kuna. Capital: Zagreb. Pop: 4 475 611 (2013 est). Area: 55 322 sq km (21 359 sq miles)
- crocein — any one of a group of red or orange acid azo dyes
- crocine — of or relating to the crocus
- cronies — Plural form of crony.
- cronish — a withered, witchlike old woman.
- croppie — crappie
- croquis — a rough sketch of a live model
- crosier — a staff surmounted by a crook or cross, carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- crottin — a type of French goat cheese.
- crowdie — a porridge of meal and water; brose
- crowing — the sound made by a cock, particularly in the early morning
- crozier — crosier
- crucial — If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
- crucian — a European cyprinid fish, Carassius carassius, with a dark-green back, a golden-yellow undersurface, and reddish dorsal and tail fins: an aquarium fish
- crucify — If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- crudity — the condition or quality of being crude
- cruised — Simple past tense and past participle of cruise.
- cruiser — A cruiser is a motor boat which has an area for people to live or sleep in.
- cruises — Plural form of cruise.
- cruisey — Alternative spelling of cruisy.
- cruizie — an oil lamp
- crummie — a cow, espy one with crooked or crumpled horns
- crusily — (in heraldry) decorated with small crosses
- cryonic — relating to or involving cryonics
- cryppie — (job, cryptography) /krip'ee/ A cryptographer. One who hacks or implements software or hardware for cryptography.
- crypsis — (biology) The ability of an organism to avoid observation.