7-letter words containing r, i, c
- cristae — a crest or ridge.
- critick — Archaic spelling of critic.
- critics — Plural form of critic.
- critter — A critter is a living creature.
- crivens — an exclamation of surprise, now more commonly used for comedic effect
- crizzle — To roughen on the surface.
- croatia — a republic in SE Europe: settled by Croats in the 7th century; belonged successively to Hungary, Turkey, and Austria; formed part of Yugoslavia (1918–91); became independent in 1991 but was invaded by Serbia and fighting continued until 1995; involved in the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1991–95); joined the European Union in 2013. Language: Croatian. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: kuna. Capital: Zagreb. Pop: 4 475 611 (2013 est). Area: 55 322 sq km (21 359 sq miles)
- crocein — any one of a group of red or orange acid azo dyes
- crocine — of or relating to the crocus
- cronies — Plural form of crony.
- cronish — a withered, witchlike old woman.
- croppie — crappie
- croquis — a rough sketch of a live model
- crosier — a staff surmounted by a crook or cross, carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- crottin — a type of French goat cheese.
- crowdie — a porridge of meal and water; brose
- crowing — the sound made by a cock, particularly in the early morning
- crozier — crosier
- crucial — If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
- crucian — a European cyprinid fish, Carassius carassius, with a dark-green back, a golden-yellow undersurface, and reddish dorsal and tail fins: an aquarium fish
- crucify — If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- crudity — the condition or quality of being crude
- cruised — Simple past tense and past participle of cruise.
- cruiser — A cruiser is a motor boat which has an area for people to live or sleep in.
- cruises — Plural form of cruise.
- cruisey — Alternative spelling of cruisy.
- cruizie — an oil lamp
- crummie — a cow, espy one with crooked or crumpled horns
- crusily — (in heraldry) decorated with small crosses
- cryonic — relating to or involving cryonics
- cryppie — (job, cryptography) /krip'ee/ A cryptographer. One who hacks or implements software or hardware for cryptography.
- crypsis — (biology) The ability of an organism to avoid observation.
- cryptic — A cryptic remark or message contains a hidden meaning or is difficult to understand.
- cryptid — (cryptozoology) Any creature that may or may not exist. Sightings of various cryptids have been reported, but their reality has not been proved.
- cuirass — a piece of armour, of leather or metal covering the chest and back
- culprit — When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as the culprit.
- cumarin — a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- cumbria — (since 1974) a county of NW England comprising the former counties of Westmorland and Cumberland together with N Lancashire: includes the Lake District mountain area and surrounding coastal lowlands with the Pennine uplands in the extreme east. Administrative centre: Carlisle. Pop: 489 800 (2003 est). Area: 6810 sq km (2629 sq miles)
- cuprite — a red secondary mineral consisting of cuprous oxide in cubic crystalline form: a source of copper. Formula: Cu2O
- curbing — material for a curb
- curding — Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- curiosa — curiosities
- curious — eager to learn; inquisitive
- curlier — Comparative form of curly.
- curlily — in a curly manner
- curling — a game played on ice, esp in Scotland and Canada, in which heavy stones with handles (curling stones) are slid towards a target (tee)
- curried — Curried meat or vegetables have been flavoured with hot spices.
- currier — a person who curries leather
- curries — Plural form of curry.
- curring — to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.