10-letter words containing r, e, c, i
- costumiers — Plural form of costumier.
- cotehardie — (in the Middle Ages) a close-fitting outer garment with long sleeves, hip-length for men and full-length for women, often laced or buttoned down the front or back.
- coterminal — having the same border or covering the same area.
- cotter pin — a split pin secured, after passing through holes in the parts to be attached, by spreading the ends
- cottierism — (in Ireland) the system of cottier tenure
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- counterion — an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
- counterpin — bedspread.
- courbevoie — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 85 716 (2006)
- couriering — Present participle of courier.
- courtesies — excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.
- courtierly — of a courtier
- courtliest — Superlative form of courtly.
- couturiere — a female dressmaker or dress designer
- couturiers — Plural form of couturier.
- covariance — a measure of the association between two random variables, equal to the expected value of the product of the deviations from the mean of the two variables, and estimated by the sum of products of deviations from the sample mean for associated values of the two variables, divided by the number of sample points. Written as Cov (X, Y)
- covariates — Plural form of covariate.
- cover girl — A cover girl is an attractive woman whose photograph appears on the front of a magazine.
- cover slip — Microscopy. cover glass.
- cow killer — a large velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) of the S and E U.S.: the wingless female has a powerful sting
- cowberries — Plural form of cowberry.
- coweringly — in a cowering manner
- cowfeteria — a calf feeder with multiple teats
- crabbiness — the state of being crabby
- crack wise — to joke or gibe
- craftiness — skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- cragginess — The state of being craggy.
- craigfluke — a common name for the grey sole fish Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
- cranesbill — any of various plants of the genus Geranium, having pink or purple flowers and long slender beaked fruits: family Geraniaceae
- crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
- crannequin — a portable device for bending a crossbow.
- crappiness — extremely bad, unpleasant, or inferior; lousy: crappy weather.
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
- crash site — the place where a crash occurred
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
- crassitude — gross ignorance or stupidity.
- craterlike — Resembling a crater or some aspect of one.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- creakiness — The state of being creaky.
- creakingly — With a creaking sound.
- cream pail — an open bowl of silver having a ladle or spoon for serving cream.
- creameries — Plural form of creamery.
- creaminess — containing cream.
- creatinine — an anhydride of creatine that is abundant in muscle and excreted in the urine
- creational — Of, or pertaining to creation.
- creatively — having the quality or power of creating.
- creativity — creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness