8-letter words containing r, e, s, i
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- canaries — Plural form of canary.
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- caprices — Plural form of caprice.
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- caribees — See under Antilles.
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carlisle — a city in NW England, administrative centre of Cumbria: railway and industrial centre. Pop: 71 773 (2001)
- carriers — Plural form of carrier.
- cashiers — Plural form of cashier.
- casimere — cassimere
- cassirer — Ernst (ɛrnst). 1874–1945, German neo-Kantian philosopher. The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (1923–29) analyses the symbols that underlie all manifestations, including myths and language, of human culture
- castries — the capital and chief port of St Lucia. Pop: 14 000 (2005 est)
- causerie — an informal talk or conversational piece of writing
- centries — Plural form of centry.
- centrism — (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- centrist — Centrist policies and parties are moderate rather than extreme.
- ceramics — the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc
- ceramist — a person who works in ceramics; ceramic artist
- cerritos — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 51,000
- cervices — 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.
- chariest — Superlative form of chary.
- charlies — a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- cheerios — Plural form of cheerio.
- cheesier — Comparative form of cheesy.
- cheremis — Mari.
- cherries — the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
- cheshire — a former administrative county of NW England; administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East: low-lying and undulating, bordering on the Pennines in the east; mainly agricultural: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Warrington and Halton, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998. Area 2077 sq km (802 sq miles)
- chestier — Comparative form of chesty.
- chiggers — Plural form of chigger.
- childers — (Robert) Erskine. 1870–1922, Irish politician, executed by the Irish Free State for his IRA activities: author of the spy story The Riddle of the Sands (1903)
- chillers — Plural form of chiller.
- chimeras — Plural form of chimera.
- chimeres — Plural form of chimere.
- chippers — to chirp or twitter.
- chiseler — a person who cheats or tricks; swindler.
- christen — When a baby is christened, he or she is given a name during the Christian ceremony of baptism. Compare baptize.
- christer — a Christian, esp. one actively engaged in proselytizing or evangelizing
- christie — Dame Agatha (Mary Clarissa). 1890–1976, British author of detective stories, many featuring Hercule Poirot, and several plays, including The Mousetrap (1952)
- cinchers — Plural form of cincher.
- circlets — Plural form of circlet.
- circuses — Plural form of circus.
- ciseleur — a person who is expert in ciselure
- ciselure — the art or process of chasing metal
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid