10-letter words containing r, e, l, i, c
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- citrulline — an amino acid that occurs in watermelons and is an intermediate in the formation of urea. Formula: NH2CONH(CH2)3CHNH2COOH
- city clerk — a city official who maintains public records and vital statistics, issues licenses, etc.
- civil year — calendar year
- civilizers — Plural form of civilizer.
- clairseach — an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.
- clambering — of or relating to plants that creep or climb like vines, but without benefit of tendrils.
- clamdigger — One who digs for clams.
- clappering — the sound made by using a clapper
- classifier — a person or thing that classifies.
- clattering — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- clavierist — a person who plays the clavier
- clearfield — a town in N Utah.
- clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
- clergiable — (of a criminal charge) able to be contested in a clerical rather than a secular court
- clerically — In a clerical manner; as a cleric.
- clerk-like — acting in a scholarly manner
- climateric — (obsolete) climatic.
- clinometer — an instrument used in surveying for measuring an angle of inclination
- cliometric — Of or pertaining to cliometrics.
- clip frame — a picture frame that is held together by clips attaching the glass to the backing
- clitorises — the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- clobbering — Present participle of clobber.
- clofibrate — a medication used in the treatment of heart disease
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloisterer — a person who lives in a cloister
- cloistress — a nun
- clustering — cluster
- cluttering — A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.
- clypeiform — having a rounded shield shape
- coal miner — A coal miner is a person whose job is mining coal.
- cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
- coercively — serving or tending to coerce.
- coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
- collieries — Plural form of colliery.
- colonisers — Plural form of coloniser.
- colonizers — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- color line — A color line is the set of social, economic or political barriers that exist between different racial groups.
- colorfield — of, relating to, or characteristic of abstract painting in which large, flat areas of color are spread to cover the entire canvas and dominate over form and texture.
- colorslide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- colourizer — a person or thing that colourizes
- commercial — Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- contritely — caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- coprolites — Plural form of coprolite.
- cor blimey — an exclamation of surprise or annoyance
- coral vine — a Mexican climbing vine, Antigonon leptopus, of the buckwheat family, having arrow- or heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers.
- corallines — Plural form of coralline.
- corbelling — a set of corbels stepped outwards, one above another
- cordeliers — a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.