8-letter words containing r, a, c, i
- 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.
- causerie — an informal talk or conversational piece of writing
- cavalier — If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation.
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- caviller — 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.
- cavitary — having or containing cavities
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- cecropia — A fast-growing tropical American tree, typically among the first to colonize a cleared area. Many cecropias have a symbiotic relationship with ants.
- celeriac — a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, with a large turnip-like root, used as a vegetable
- 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.
- ceramics — the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc
- ceramide — any of a class of biologically important compounds used as moisturizers in skin-care preparations
- 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
- cercaria — one of the larval forms of trematode worms. It has a short forked tail and resembles an immature adult
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- cervical — Cervical means relating to the cervix.
- cesarian — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chadarim — plural of cheder.
- chaffier — consisting of, covered with, or resembling chaff.
- chagrins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin.
- chairing — a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chairman — The chairman of a committee, organization, or company is the head of it.
- chairmen — the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chancier — Comparative form of chancy.
- chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order
- chapiter — the capital of a column
- char siu — barbecued marinated pork
- characid — (zoology) Any member of the Characidae.
- characin — any small carnivorous freshwater cyprinoid fish of the family Characidae, of Central and South America and Africa. They are similar to the carps but more brightly coloured
- charging — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charidee — a jocular spelling of charity, as pronounced in a mid-Atlantic accent
- chariest — Superlative form of chary.
- charikar — a city in E Afghanistan, in the Hindu Kush range.
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- charisma — You say that someone has charisma when they can attract, influence, and inspire people by their personal qualities.
- charisms — Plural form of charism.
- charking — charcoal (def 1).
- charlies — a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charmian — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “source of joy.”.
- charming — If you say that something is charming, you mean that it is very pleasant or attractive.
- charonic — Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- charrier — Comparative form of charry.
- charring — Present participle of char.