10-letter words containing r, e, n, a
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- chandlerly — like, or pertaining to, a chandler
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
- channeller — Alternative spelling of channeler.
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chaperones — Plural form of chaperone.
- chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- chargehand — a workman whose grade of responsibility is just below that of a foreman
- chari-nile — a group of languages of E Africa, now generally regarded as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in parts of the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and adjacent countries
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- chartering — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- chattering — rapid and continuous talk
- chatterton — Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17
- chaucerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
- cheapernet — (networking) (Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable".
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- china-ware — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromonema — a coiled chromatin thread within a single chromosome
- ciceronian — of or resembling Cicero or his rhetorical style; eloquent
- cinderella — If you describe a person or organization as a Cinderella, you mean that they receive very little attention and that they deserve to receive more.
- cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema
- cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation
- cineration — The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
- circensial — relating to the Roman circuses
- cistercian — a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- cladoceran — any minute freshwater crustacean of the order Cladocera, which includes the water fleas
- clambering — of or relating to plants that creep or climb like vines, but without benefit of tendrils.
- clappering — the sound made by using a clapper
- clarenceux — the second King-of-Arms in England
- 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.
- clean room — an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, in which environmental contaminants are kept to an absolute minimum
- clearances — Plural form of clearance.
- clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
- cleromancy — a divination involving dice-throwing or lot-casting
- cloak fern — a type of fern, genus Notholaena, found in dry, rocky areas of temperate and tropical America, often used as an ornamental.
- co-manager — a person who manages something jointly with one or more other people
- co-partner — a partner or associate, as in a business.
- coal miner — A coal miner is a person whose job is mining coal.