10-letter words containing i, s, r, a
- cassegrain — of an arrangement of mirrors, lenses, etc. used in reflecting telescopes and microwave antennas, having its focus or transmission point near or behind the center of the main mirror
- castigator — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- castor oil — Castor oil is a thick yellow oil that is obtained from the seeds of the castor oil plant. It has a very unpleasant taste and in former times was used as a medicine.
- castrating — Present participle of castrate.
- castration — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- castratism — The practice of prepubescently castrating male humans as to preserve their alto or soprano voices.
- castratrix — (chiefly, used in philosophy, or, psychoanalysis) A female who castrates (either literally or metaphorically).
- casuarinas — Plural form of casuarina.
- categories — any general or comprehensive division; a class.
- categorise — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorist — a person who categorizes or inserts items in a list
- catenaries — Plural form of catenary.
- cathartics — Plural form of cathartic.
- catoptrics — the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors
- catskinner — an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.
- catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- cauterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cauterize.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cavillers' — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- cease-fire — a temporary cessation of warfare by mutual agreement of the participants; truce
- ceasefires — Plural form of ceasefire.
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- centigrams — Plural form of centigram.
- centralise — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centralism — Centralism is a way of governing a country, or organizing something such as industry, education, or politics, which involves having one central group of people who give instructions to everyone else.
- centralist — Centralist organizations govern a country or organize things using one central group of people who control and instruct everyone else.
- ceramicist — a person who makes ceramics.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- cerevisiae — (informal) The species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or brewer's yeast.
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- chairlifts — Plural form of chairlift.
- chanceries — Plural form of chancery.
- chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
- charbroils — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charbroil.
- charismata — Theology. a divinely conferred gift or power.
- charles ii — known as Charles the Bald. 823–877 ad, Holy Roman Emperor (875–877) and, as Charles I, king of France (843–877)
- charles iv — known as Charles the Fair. 1294–1328, king of France (1322–28): brother of Isabella of France, with whom he intrigued against her husband, Edward II of England
- charles ix — 1550–74, king of France (1560–74), son of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II: his reign was marked by war between Huguenots and Catholics
- charles vi — known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor
- charles xi — 1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), who established an absolute monarchy and defeated Denmark (1678)
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chickarees — Plural form of chickaree.
- child star — a child who attains celebrity status
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- chimaerism — the insertion of cells of a different genetic make-up into a fetus or embryo
- chin strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chin-strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.