10-letter words containing r, e, c, i
- credential — something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
- creditable — A creditable performance or achievement is of a reasonably high standard.
- creditably — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- creditless — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- creepiness — having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear: a creepy ghost story.
- creepingly — in a creeping manner
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- crematoria — a crematory.
- crepe hair — artificial hair, usually plaited and made of wool or vegetable fibre, used in theatrical make-up
- crepitated — Simple past tense and past participle of crepitate.
- crepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crepitate.
- crescentic — a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
- crescively — in a crescive or increasing manner
- crest rail — the carved or profiled top rail of a chair, settee, or sofa.
- crevassing — Present participle of crevasse.
- crew chief — the head of a crew, especially for maintenance of aircraft or racing cars.
- crewelling — the art of making crewelwork
- crib death — Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- crib sheet — a sheet containing notes, etc, on a particular subject, used as a study aid
- cricketers — Plural form of cricketer.
- cricketing — Cricketing means relating to or taking part in cricket.
- crime wave — When more crimes than usual are committed in a particular place, you can refer to this as a crime wave.
- cringeling — a person who cringes in a subservient manner; a fawner
- crinogenic — stimulating secretion.
- crinoidean — of or relating to the Crinoidea, an order of echinoderms
- crinolette — a steel framework worn under the skirt to distend its rear section, fashionable in the mid-18th century
- crinolined — wearing a crinoline
- crinolines — Plural form of crinoline.
- crippledom — the state of being crippled
- crispature — the state of being crisped or crispate
- crispbread — Crispbreads are thin dry biscuits made from wheat or rye. They are often eaten instead of bread by people who want to lose weight.
- crispiness — The state of being crispy.
- criteria's — a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- criterions — Plural form of criterion.
- criticised — to censure or find fault with.
- criticiser — (British) alternative spelling of criticizer.
- criticises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criticise.
- criticized — to censure or find fault with.
- criticizer — to censure or find fault with.
- criticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criticize.
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- crocodiles — Plural form of crocodile.
- crookesite — a rare mineral, selenide of copper, thallium, and silver, (Cu, Tl, Ag) 2 Se, occurring in steel-gray, compact masses.
- cross vine — a woody bignoniaceous vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the southeastern US, having large trumpet-shaped reddish flowers
- cross wire — cross hair (def 1).
- cross-file — to register as a candidate in more than one party's primary election
- cross-fire — lines of gunfire from two or more positions or combatants crossing one another, or a single one of such lines.
- cross-vein — a transverse vein that connects adjacent longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect.
- cross-vine — a climbing or creeping woody vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the bignonia family, having yellow-red trumpet-shaped flowers and a stem that shows a crosslike arrangement in cross section.
- crossfield — (in sport) across the field of play